Finding Neverland

2004 "Where will your imagination take you?"
7.7| 1h46m| PG| en
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During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.

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Lightdeossk Captivating movie !
Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
IkhwanArif I think the intent of this film is admirable. Technically accomplished and executed well, the film however is nothing more than feelgood fluff, designed to evoke an emotional response, with no meaningful nor insightful content.Let me be clear, this is the kind of fantasy that you don't want to tell your children, and definitely not the kind that adults should indulge in too much. It is the very same kind of fantasy that Disney makes during the 90s that resulted in a generation if entitled millenials, that are now becoming the world's first crybaby, tantrum throwing segment of the population who never wants to grow up and find every excuse not too.We shouldn't approach death by telling lies and fairy tales about it, such as telling a child that if he only needs to believe and visit Neverland if he wants to visit his departed mother. No.Such an act is destructive to a child's ability to mature and endure the real world, no matter how well-intent you want to be. Reality isn't something you can escape nor avoid for long and it is a necessary experience it if you want to live in it. The film did succeed modestly in demonstrating how to approach life, which should be commended but overall, a fluffy piece that is not worth a second view.
Hitchcoc Let's start with the idea that there are numerous biographies of J. M. Barrie, as there are of many other famous writers. Barrie is pretty much known for "Peter Pan" and little else. If asked about his personal life, could any of you come up with anything about him. So what happens here is a fictional account of the writer, making him a bit of an irresponsible boy (a lost boy?). While bouncing around with his writing and failing here and there, he one day come upon a widow and her four boys. Because children are so much to him, he begins to get to know the boys. His interactions help them (with one exception) diminish their sorrow over the death of their father. He also begins to befriend the young widow. The whole story is touching. I won't do anything to spoil the ending. Just to say that it is touching. It's a movie about love and sacrifice and it's beautifully done.
mark.waltz Johnny Depp went from playing a pirate to playing a writer who wrote about pirates, and ironically, he ends up playing against Dustin Hoffman who once played the pirate in the story his story wrote about. Depp is James M. Barrie, the British playwright who introduced the world to Peter Pan. He's married to a very beautiful but distant woman, and along the way, cures his off stage unhappiness by befriending beautiful widow Kate Winslet and her four boys. Becoming their "uncle", Depp takes them onto a magical journey to a wonderful land where boys never grow up and adventure awaits around every culture.This is indeed a magical movie, and it recently had a lengthy run as an equally magical musical. The movie features the legendary Julie Christie as Winslet's domineering mother, a woman of contradictions who certainly needs some magic of her own to lessen her inhibitions that are well meaning and understandable, not just some aging harridan who is unreasonably sour. It's a magical trip back in time too, giving a glimpse into a story re- told many times and reformatted in several different ways. Depp is fantastic in this, a film and musical I could watch or listen to over and over and never, never grow old from the magic it gives each time.
glendajohnson Johnny Depp has reached a depth in interpreting a character that he was never able to reach again neither before or after this movie. With great elegance and with an ease, he reflects Barries mild eccentricity and distance to the community where he lived. What allows Depp in this movie to give a brilliant performance is also the team that interpreted the supporting roles. Kate Winslet which in each movie proves over and over again how brilliant as an actress she is, portrays the character to perfection. ''Finding Neverland'' appeals to the kid in all of us. The main message is that if you want enough and believe in something, it will come true. The main question is whether you're brave enough to ''be childish'' and want to believe that it is possible that you are watching. A movie for all ages, in every way!