understated & well crafted...

Rating: 9/10 (28 January 2005)

I don't think i've seen many movies like this one - enjoyable from start to finish. Beautiful and understated performances by all - particularly Depp - just the right amount of humour and timely surreal splices of fantasy. i can't believe being a 33yr old male that i get sucked into the emotion of these films but, when you see this stuff on your own there's no one there to maintain the Stiff Upper Lip so mine just wobbled (a little). It's nice to see that the tearjerker scenes were also understated and i liked the way Sylvia wandered into the garden (to her Neverland) as her *final* walk - this could have been sooo much more sentimental. Let's hope this thing gets some recognition in the coming months.