Peter : "I'm Peter, just Peter. I like my name."

Rating: 10/10 (13 March 2005)

I'm writing this comment right after I've seen the movie, because I'm so full of it so I can't stand it. I've seen a few movies about Peter Pan and I didn't like them so much. But this one is masterpiece. The movie consists of three parts. The funny childish part. The sentimental adult part. And the very sad part.
The first part shows young man who does not want to grow up. He's married, but he spends more time with the boys in park than with his wife. He likes to play. He dances with the dog and acts as it is a bear and has more fun than the audience watching him. And when he played the captain of a pirate ship? Who can be better for this role then J.D.?
The second part is about adults. Grown up people desperately trying to "find Neverland". But they can't. It's gone. It vanished long ago, because they had grown up. But a few of them still can find it and even show it to others. I liked Mr. and Mrs. Snow from this part. The old couple that still "believes in fairies".
The third part will make you never forget this movie. It shows the young boys confronted with the real life. When one parent is dead and the other is going to die, the children simply cannot be fooled. They grow up instantly, in the second they realize there is no room for children's games. When young George (Nick Roud) talks with James (or with his grandmother afterward) you see that it's not the same George who "imprisoned" his younger brother under the park bench just because "he was his younger brother". The young kid Peter had really taken my heart. I've seen him before in Mists of Avalon as the young Arthur and there he was very good too.
I cannot pick one badly acted role in this movie. Even the man playing the dog Nana was perfect. The young boys really outdid themselves. Johnny Depp was wonderful. And even all the other small roles were very good acted. So don't wait, go and WATCH it.
P.S. : Sorry for my English.