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Genres:
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Biography /
Drama /
Family
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Release:
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Director:
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Marc Forster
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Actors:
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Kelly Macdonald,
Eileen Essell,
Jimmy Gardner,
Joe Prospero,
Nick Roud,
Luke Spill,
Oliver Fox,
Johnny Depp,
Kate Winslet,
Julie Christie,
Radha Mitchell,
Dustin Hoffman,
Freddie Highmore,
Ian Hart,
Mackenzie Crook
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Duration:
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101 min.
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Rating:
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(8/10)143.5
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Plot Summary:
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in London in 1904, the film follows playwright J.M. Barrie's excursion to resuscitate Peter Criticize to life, from his first inspiration instead of the romance up until the play's premiere at the Duke of York's Theatre - a tenebrosity that will change not only Barrie's own existence, but the lives of everybody close to him.
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More than you would expect
A surprisingly good film in many ways. My expectations weren't very high, but I was rewarded with a faultlessly accented Johnny Depp in another unexpected role for someone who could easily rest on his matinee idol good looks. The child actors in this film are what makes it really special, particularly young Peter on whom Peter Pan is based. He was unnervingly adult and appropriately so. We watched it twice, the second time with our teenage daughters, who loved it. Out-takes particularly enjoyable.
Finding Neverland
Johnny Depp stars as JM Barrie in this story about how the Scot came to write his children's classic Peter Pan. From the director of Monster's Ball, Marc Forster
Arriving with sufficient daylight between it and PJ Hogan's glossy 2003 version of Peter Pan, Marc Forster's conventional but convincing story of how JM Barrie came to write his most famous play makes for a far more emotionally engaging experience. For Forster, stylistically he couldn't get further away from his previous film, 2001 death row drama Monster's Ball. Where that was gritty, this is a well-clipped period tale that should appeal to all ages. Once again dealing with death - as Forster's Everything Put Together (2000) also did - Finding Neverland is an integral part of its...
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