Nice film...it could have been great!

Rating: 6/10 (3 March 2005)

Seen Finding Neverland yesterday in Rome...OK, it was nice, I think that the money for the ticket was absolutely well spent, but when I first heard about this film I thought "wow! exciting! lovely story, amazing cast...this will probably become one of my all times favourites!" and when I got out of the cinema I thought "Ok. Just another nice film." and I was a bit disappointed... First of all, Johnny Depp is not the right choice for that role. He looks too young, he doesn't seem much "edwardian" and I don't like his intent appearance: it's meant to be dreamy, it seems indolent, instead. I would love to see Ian Holm handle the role in the 1987 miniseries "the lost boys". By the way I loved all the other actors... Winslet was amazing, thought her character may be defined much better, Christie and Hoffman were simply great (Dustin's character is the best in the movie and has the funniest lines). The children were good, especially that young Highmore, and also Mitchell is very convincing. Another big problem is that in my opinion this film suffers a severe lack of humor: I wished its sad ending was counterbalanced by more humor, but they were always serious, also when Barrie comes in dressed up as an Indian! Afterall it's a movie about childhood and dreams! I think also that the relationship between Barrie and Sylvia should have been developed more,I think it's a very interesting theme. Barrie is meant to be in love with her but he is always seen playing with the children, and never has a moment alone with Sylvia, only when she's dead he tells to her mother that he was in love with her. Too bad, really, too bad.