Wonderful, charming film, worthy of the addition to my DVD library

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2008)

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Depp and Winslet have nice on-screen chemistry, and are perfectly balanced, neither stealing the scene from the other. I found it amusing to note that Dustin Hoffman played in Hook as Captain Hook and that Depp has played the iconic Captain Jack Sparrow. So, here we have two actors that have played pirates (in other films) here in a story about how Peter Pan, the play, came about. Aside from that, this is a film with superb performances all around.
The story of how JM Barrie is nicely portrayed here. Winslet as the widowed mother of 4 boisterous boys is believable. The ending when she dies is not graphic or overdone. Barrie manages to bring to her home a surprise of the entire cast and scenery of Peter Pan and Neverland for her to experience, since Mrs. Davies cannot go to the play. I found myself moved to tears, but in a good way.