Great movies come in simple packages

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2007)

You don't computer graphics, crime scenes or sex scenes to make a great movie. Beauty is great in its own true essence and when simplicity pairs up with it, what you get is a heart-warming moment to cherish and love. Finding Neverland truly is a journey for everyone who watches it, where for a glimpse of a moment, you experience innocence and the youth now lost to many. You don't have to be sentimental to appreciate this movie, you just have to feel when you look upon the tears streaming down those beautiful young faces(which I believe are absolutely genuine and truly heart-felt). You just have to feel when simple words no more understandable to you than to children move them in such a way that you seem entranced and pause for a moment, wondering where their emotion came from and why you don't feel the same. This is because innocence and youth know nothing but joy and beauty. You just have to feel...
As for the acting and screenplay, all wonderfully fulfilled, each person bringing in the essence of what is required to their character, be it the sternness of a overly-preoccupied yet passionate and caring aging mother, or the sorrow of a mother of four who would sacrifice her own health to bring the best of happiness into her family. As for the main character, which I believe in my point of view, are the ones played by Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore (aka Peter), they bring to life the very meaning of J.M. Barrie; that is to say, anything is possible if you believe.
I would give it a 9.5/10 (the deduction for the small bores at the beginning of the film) and strongly recommend it for those who believe sentimentality and emotions are too benign and childish for them. Remember, isn't that what Julie Christie's character, or the audience of the opening night first believed?