Rotten
Infused by an awkward decorum; the kind that descends on a gathering dominated by an unmentioned death or transgression.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Finding Neverland
Where will your imagination take you?
2004 · 1h 46m · PG
Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Marc Forster
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Marc Forster Director
- Johnny Depp as Sir James Matthew Barrie
- Kate Winslet as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
- Julie Christie as Mrs. Emma du Maurier
- Dustin Hoffman as Charles Frohman
- Freddie Highmore as Peter Llewelyn Davies
- Radha Mitchell as Mary Ansell Barrie
- Kate Maberly as Wendy
- Joe Prospero as Jack Llewelyn Davies
- Nick Roud as George Llewelyn Davies
- Luke Spill as Michael Llewelyn Davies
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Rotten
If it didn't have Johnny Depp as its star, Finding Neverland would barely pass muster as an average PBS Masterpiece Theatre entry.
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
It's harmless cotton candy with pleasant turn-of-the-century decor, but I admit the Disney ambiance eventually wore me out and I spent a lot of time looking at my watch.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Fresh
Finding Neverland is not exactly the way it happened, but this is a movie with a higher truth, one we need to believe in. And you will believe. You will.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Watchable and passably engaging.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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