Never Fails to Impress

Rating: 9/10 (5 March 2005)

I wanted to see Finding Neverland since I first saw the commercials on television. I am not ashamed to admit, I had Depp-related motives. I saw the movie last night, and I was not disappointed. Neverland was a very sweet, emotional movie that did not get bogged down with sappy, syrupy fluff. It had many wonderful lines, and the boys were perfect. Johnny Depp was amazing, as always, but something else too. He was, as I told a friend "so cute". And not "cute" in the usual manner applied to Mr. Depp. He was perfectly adorable, truly becoming Peter Pan--a little boy who never grew up. From my experience with his other movies, his pure-hearted role and flawless playing of it completely caught me off guard. Julie Christie was impressive as well, and I adored watching the "cast" of Peter Pan as well as Dustin Hoffman struggle with the childish play. It is not, I believe, the greatest movie of all time, but it is most definitely a new classic and should be seen immediately.