Excellent in every way.

Rating: 6/10 (30 December 2004)

Although this review contains no real spoilers, I will mark this as having some to be on the safe side. But I bet you know the tale already, it is after all about "Peter Pan." This is a movie of loss and gain; of boys that grow up too fast, and boys that never grow old; of wonder and cynicism; happy and sad. It's all that at the same time. It's excellent, and probably Depp's best role to date.
I felt sorry for what happened to the characters, I worried, and I was happy when the children "found themselves again." I'm not sure how truly accurate the film is, but that doesn't matter: it is a film, and some suspension of belief is needed; and they never said this was a biopic.
It isn't often that a film like this comes about. They're rare, like trips to Neverland by an adult, something to be cherished.
Having said all that, this is still not a "perfect" movie, the flaw is that I don't believe this will withstand multiple viewings, but I could be wrong. Pathos aside, this is a good film, excellent even; but not worthy of too high a rating. It would be a disservice to rate this too highly, and equally so too low; so I have to give it a nice, round, "6" out of "10." Still, you should see this. It's worth the price of admission.