Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Family, Witches, Wizards & Magic, Pirate, Fairy Tale, Love, Fantasy
Tagline: Let the fight begin
Plot: The story begins on a chilly night in buttoned-up Edwardian London as Wendy Darling (Rachel Hurd-Wood) mesmerizes her younger brothers with tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and Captain Hook, the legendary pirate who fears nothing but a ticking clock. But a clock is ticking for Wendy, too. Her father has decreed that it’s time for her to grow up. After tonight, no more stories. She’s to be groomed for womanhood and marriage by strict Aunt Millicent (Lynn Redgrave).Unknown to the Darlings, Peter Pan loves Wendy’s stories, too, and travels a great distance to hear them. His appearance in their nursery that night, along with a jealous little fairy called Tinker Bell (Ludivine Sagnier), triggers an awfully big adventure for Wendy and her brothers. Following him out the window like a small flock of birds, the children swoop over London’s moonlit rooftops, through a galaxy of radiant planets and stars, to the magical Neverland, where they begin an exhilarating new life free of grown-up rules with Peter and the Lost Boys in their secret underground home. Confronting depraved pirates, malicious mermaids, a monstrous crocodile and, worst of all, the vicious steel claw dangling from Hook’s right arm, Wendy and her brothers find out what they’re made of. And the ongoing battle between
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 If you have to sit through another adaptation of Peter Pan, this version is serviceable, if not original, with enough eye candy and enjoyable performances to make it worthwhile.  --Kit Bowen (Hollywood.com)
Unlike last year's disastrous Pinocchio with Roberto Benigni, this movie proves worth the time, effort, and money to get the whole family to a theater.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
I walked in anticipating a sweet kiddie fantasy and was surprised to find a film that takes its story very seriously indeed, thank you, and even allows a glimpse of underlying sadness.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
The rousing fantasy is smart, stylish, and humorous. It’s made with the loving care and grand storytelling brushstrokes that kids use when staging makeshift plays in their backyard.  --Sean O'Connell (FilmCritic.com)
Visually stunning, emotionally resonant, and class. --Carl Lazarevic (MovieWeb)
In one word, the film is "enchanting." Most certainly some magic dust was involved with this majestic production.  --Katherine Brodsky (MovieWeb)
...a dazzling feast for the eyes, but leaves a bittersweet aftertaste.  --Joshua 'Clark' Bertram (MovieWeb)
Perfectly cast and gorgeous to look at, this is an enjoyable family film, marred only by an occasionally choppy second half. --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
"Peter Pan,'' a dazzling retelling of the J.M. Barrie tale, offers accomplished acting, splendid visuals, and in the role of the boy who won't grow up ... an actual boy.--Carla Meyer (San Francisco Chronicle)
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P.J. Hogan
My Best Friend's Wedding, Muriel's Wedding, Unconditional Love |
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| P.J. Hogan
My Best Friend's Wedding, Muriel's Wedding, Unconditional Love |
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Jason Isaacs
Armageddon, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
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 | Lynn Redgrave
Gods and Monsters, Spider, The Wild Thornberrys Movie |
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| In a movie world so overrun by dazzling visual effects that they've started to become ho-hum, director P.J. Hogan's "Peter Pan" stands out as a vibrant, refreshing fantasy-landscape. --David Germain (San Francisco Examiner)
Not up to the standard of the Disney version, but magnificently put together and just about exciting enough to satisfy viewers of all ages. 7/10--Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
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