Power Acting, Powerful Film

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2004)

Probably one of the year's best, but first the acting. Johnny Depp is one of those diamonds in the rough. Starting with a small, supporting part in Nightmare on Elm Street (where I first saw him) to 21 Jump Street, I would not have considered him anything more than another entertainer on screen. Tom Hanks, similarly from Splash to Busom Buddies to Bachelor party, who would have thought. Depp has matured into his own, so much so that within this genre of actors he will be grouped into sames like Hanks, Crowe, Brody etc as we group actors like Gable, Bogart, Peck and Stewart. (He absolutely carried Pirates of the Caribbean BTW). Next comes Winslet, who also is proving herself from Titanic, to Heavenly Creatures, to this.... not to mention Julie Christie (Dr. Zhivago)....If you are simply a fan of the art of acting and wish to see an ensemble cast of great performances, intertwining seamlessly to pull together a beautiful story then you will find no finer example than Finding Neverland.
Next, the film, inspired by a true story, we well adapted (though liberties taken). Superbly written and powerfully directed, I cannot exit this comment without giving anyone a strong encouragement to GO SEE THIS MOVIE. Oddly, it came out in limited release, a shame, it should play in EVERY theater around the world. It reminds you what it was like to be a kid again......