Well Done

Rating: 7/10 (26 August 2006)

Finding Neverland is not a great movie. It's not a bad movie either. Good performances, art direction, and screenplay is still not enough to sum up to "a great movie." The movie focuses on the life of J.M. Barrie, during the time of writing the famous play, Peter Pan. What inspired him to write such a wonderful story is a mother and her four children. J.M. Barrie tells the children to believe in magic, and that magic does exist. He and the children play many fantasy games together as the mother joyfully watches. J.M. Barrie starts to develop a strong relationship with this family; the story added with a lonely wife, a disapproving mother, and the play manager. A little bit on the cheesy side, I'm sure there will be plenty of audiences who will enjoy this movie.
Johnny Depp, Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman, Freddie Highmore and Radha Mitchell all star in this movie, all giving fine performances. Finding Neverland could have been a little bit better.