Finding Neverland

2004

Action / Biography / Drama / Family

94
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 87% · 204 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 216735 216.7K

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Plot summary

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.

Director

Marc Forster Photo
Marc Forster

Top cast

Johnny Depp Photo
Johnny Depp as Sir James Matthew Barrie
Kate Winslet Photo
Kate Winslet as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
Freddie Highmore Photo
Freddie Highmore as Peter Llewelyn Davies
Murray McArthur Photo
Murray McArthur as Stagehand
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
700.67 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 10
1.40 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 33

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by blackburnj-1 9 / 10

Superb Acting and Brilliantly Made

Finding Neverland is one of the best films I have seen all year. Depp and Winslet are superb and their supporting cast is very strong in particular Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman and Freddie Highmore. Forster's direction is tight and he maintains a story which had the potential to drag. Depp delivers a performance that is truly believable and he interacts with his co-stars well, in particular, Freddie Highmore who delivers a performance that outshines Depp's. It is a tour de force of acting talent. Clearly Highmore has a great career ahead of him. 9/10 for a superb piece of film-making, made diligently but, unfortunately, up against such strong contention, it had to make do with a disappointing award haul.
Reviewed by lochnessmummy 9 / 10

Now that we're past the hype... don't miss this movie!

Every holiday season Harvey Weinstein and Miramax talk up one of their properties, fully expecting everyone to bow and throw awards at it as soon as it's released. This year it's Finding Neverland, which has produced a lot of buzz in favor of Johnny Depp's sophisticated performance. Although the film deserves all the praise it gets, it is understandable that moviegoers are a little weary with another dramatic period piece, with another "oscar caliber" cast, about yet another take on Peter Pan.The bottom line is, this movie is phenomenal. Exploring the major theme of Barrie's play (that of a boy who never grows up), Finding Neverland refrains from condemning grown-ups, but exalts the wild magic one can enjoy as a kid. For James, who had to deal with his family's reticence upon the death of his brother, the real tragedy occurs when a child is forced to grow up too fast. My favorite idea from this film is this: life finds a way to put into our lives the people we're supposed to be living our lives with. James and Sylvia needed each other, and they needed each other at that particular time. Life took care of them.The film does indeed move at a snail's pace. Consider that part of the set design. Just as the characters go about 1905 London in top hats and buttoned-down gowns, so does the movie develop in a manner which would have been fitting for a time which preceded MTV-generation attention spans by about a hundred years.As for the acting, it is wonderful. Depp is understated and gallant, Kate Winslet is lovely and tragic, and they're both better than I've ever seen them. Julie Christie is brutally ominous as the matriarch who can gum up everyone's happiness. Dustin Hoffman, although out of place, brings a dry wit as a risk-taking businessman. The boys playing the Davis kids are a lot of fun to watch and play their dramatic parts perfectly.If you want something where all the pieces of the magic puzzle that is movie-making come together with grace, charm, and humanity, you won't find a more rewarding film than this.
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