Surprising biopic

Rating: 9/10 (17 February 2005)

This movie takes you through the trials and tribulations of the man who wrote one of the most recognizable stories of our time (if not the most recognizable). I found the beginning to be a bit dull, and has a lot of informative things that may not interest most people, especially children.
The story does pick up however, after all of the formalities have been dealt with. This film will take you from being an adult to a child again, then suddenly wrench you back to adulthood. I would recommend this movie to anyone who has children that love the Peter Pan story, although it is a little over the standard six or seven year old's head.
I will admit that this movie can make the tears come forth, not so much as to cause a room full of balling babies, but they're there. This tale will take you to places that you have not been since childhood, it can cause a great deal of memories to come flooding back after it has finished (though I may be in a bias position, certain things in it ring very close to home for me) I would have to guess that this film will win best picture.
What can one say about Johnny Depp... splendid performance as usual, however, the most commanding performance was not by someone we all know! It was by a young man named Freddie Highmore, not since "The Sixth Sense" (Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear) have I seen an actor so young land their role so perfectly.
I give "Finding Neverland" a 9 out of 10