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Rating: 9/10 (17 November 2004)

As someone who didn't know the story of how the playwright J.M.Barrie came to write Peter Pan I found this story very interesting and thoroughly engrossing. I'm not sure to what extent the director has dramatised it, but I'm pretty sure J.M.Barrie wasn't as good-looking as his on-screen counter-part. Nonetheless this film has a sense of authenticity from start to finish. The film really captures the feel of Old England and J.M.Barries soft Scottish accent is finely tuned unlike his pseudo-cockney accent in Pirates of the Caribbean. The script is well-written, with only a few questionable lines, but the delivery of all the children in the film (bar the youngest one) is convincing. The main child actor in the film shines, and actually looks like I think Peter Pan would.
I think this film has something in it for everyone who has the patience to watch it and would definitely recommend it to people who enjoy drama/family film genres.
9/10