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Peter Pan

Australian director P.J. Hogan's film based on J.M. Barrie's classic story.

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Never is an Awfully Long Time

Jan 2, 2004

by laurashrti
posted in Movie Hype

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Pros: Beautifully detailed, great actors, classic story

Cons: None, really

The Bottom Line: This is an excellent family movie of a classic, well-loved story.

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review by Entwife. April 13, 2011

Second Star to the Right

Pros: adventure, wonder, magic, pirates, mermaids, first love and epic battle... what more could you want? Cons: we awaken from the dream to find ourselves far from Neverland The Bottom Line: An instant family favorite Plot Details: This opinion reveals minor details about the movie''s plot. The Darlings lived a quiet life tucked away in Edwardian era London. Mr. Darling worked at a bank, struggling with his social awkwardness … more

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Quick Tip by Entwife. October 06, 2010

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Marvelous live-action depiction of this much beloved tale, an instant favorite

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review by chupluf. March 26, 2009

Magical, charming and entertaining.

This movie is, without a doubt, the best cinematic adaptation and closest rendition of J. M. Barrie's timeless, ageless fantasy tale about the boy who wouldn't grow up. It's simply perfect from beginning to end. It stays true to the book, but also incorporates a few fresh ideas, that take nothing away from the original story. The actors are superb. Jeremy Sumpter is wonderful as the carefree, adventurous, cocky, yet innocent, Peter Pan, and Jason Issacs perfectly portrays the elegant, … more

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review by cyclone_march. December 09, 2007

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A darker look at a children's classic

Pros: Generally the acting and the darker side makes the story almost new Cons: Wendy Wendy Wendy The Bottom Line: It's easy to screw up a children's story so well known. But if you explore the story from a different angle, it can become new--like this version. Plot Details: This opinion reveals minor details about the movie''s plot. Peter Pan has long since become a legend. Neverland … more

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review by kfontenot. October 05, 2004

Great Visuals, Good Acting, Fun Story

This first thing that I realized about this movie was that had I been a child when I watched it, I would have thought it to be one of the greatest movies ever. However, I'm a few years removed from being a child and I found this movie to be average entertainment for adults. I'll give it four stars for the fact that if I were ten, I'd give it five stars, but I'm almost thirty, and that part of me says to give it three stars. The visuals in this film are beautiful. I've seen … more

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review by MichaelN. April 09, 2004

posted in Movie Hype

Just Didn't Work

I have seen several versions of the Pan story (notably Disney's and Mary Martin's) and while this story are great special effects and fairly good directing, this movie lacked the fun of those other versions. Also, the heavy British accents made it difficult to understand what the actors were saying at times. It was interesting to finally see a "real" boy play Pan and I guess the movie is a "coming of age" of sorts for him. However, doesn't coming of age mean the end of childhood and everything that … more

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I'm brand new to Lunch and looking to get settled. I write on epinions.com as laurashrti, and enjoy writing product reviews. I'm a 27-year-old library employee working … more

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Everyone knows Peter Pan as the boy who will never grow up. Writer/director P.J. Hogan's (MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING) new live-action interpretation of the classic J.M. Barrie tale is surprisingly sentimental, imbuing Peter--played by the charming Jeremy Sumpter--with a sense of longing and a desire to be loved. The object of his affection is Wendy Darling (Rachel Hurd-Wood), a pre-teen in Edwardian London with a penchant for telling dazzling tales to her younger brothers. When Mr. Darling (Jason Isaacs, who doubles as a daunting Captain Hook) decides that Wendy should live with her Aunt Millicent (Lynn Redgrave) in order to become a proper lady, Peter takes the Darling children to Neverland, where all of the characters in Wendy's stories actually exist. The trio embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, flying through the skies, encountering nasty mermaids, and enduring Tinker Bell's (Ludivine Sagnier) hijinx. Along with the Lost Boys, the Darling children take on Captain Hook, Peter Pan's arch nemesis, and...

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