Finding Neverland [DVD] [2004]

Loved it all the way through! Kate and Johnny make the characters their own

After trawling for some cheap, decent films to download, I cam across this and A United Kingdom.This film, is easy enough to watch but even though it is set in the 40s it has the look and feel of a made for TV film that was filmed in the 80s. It should feel different as it is actually filmed in 2004. I am not sure quite how they managed to pull off a 40s drama and make it look like it was filmed in the 80s but it did detract from my enjoyment. The overall look of the film, is not like HD but slightly grainy and out of focus.The acting is fine and the story line is good. But I didn't find it as good as I had hoped.I do not receive any payment or free goods for writing these reviews. I am just happy to share my views on my purchases with fellow like minded Amazonians in the hope that you may find it helpful.

Great movie. Funny, emotional. Great acting

Luvly film. Perhaps one of Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp’s most underrated performances. Kids will luv it. Adults will see the mature themes gently hinted at under the surface. JM Barrie is a big kid in an adult writers body who loves to dream. He and his wife still care for each other but they have drifted apart. Barrie meets friendly widow Sylvie Llewelyn Davies and her 4 young sons in a local park and he becomes obsessed (in a kind way) with the boys and spends all his time playing with them and helping them out. His wife, Sylvia’s mother and the community have their concerns over his obsession; Sylvia’s mother and Barries wife tire of it. But it’s bringing the spark back into his life as much as the boys.

I wasn't sure what to expect of this film - I knew it had had rave reviews but wasn't sure of the content. I have to say that I wasn't expecting to be as deeply moved as I was. Johnny Depp, as ever, is faultless and plays such a different role to his Captain Sparrow in Pirates of the Carribean that it's a masterclass in acting. Kate Winslet compliments him perfectly though perhaps top honours should go to the little lad playing Peter (Freddie Highmore). What is most to the film's credit is that it manages to confront adult themes of loss and mortality with childhood innocence and playfulness. It must have been so difficult in these cynical times to leave no hint that J.M. Barrie had anything but completely innocent love of these children (consider Michael Jackson's trial) and yet you do absolutely and fully believe that there was nothing untoward going on here and that it's you with the problem if you think otherwise. The result is an endearing study of the warmth of humanity of J.M., his grasp on the harsh realities of life but his denial that that is all there is. Finding Neverland takes us to a place in ourselves that we vaguely remember from lost childhoods, and whilst never slipping into overwrought sentimentality, makes us all a little bit stronger knowing that place is there.

I bought this movie, knowing very little about it. I knew it was about J M Barrie and I knew it had Depp and Winslet. Depp and Winslet seemed enough reason to buy it alone, along with all the hype. I was blown away!After it arrived, I wasn't so sure if I should have bought such an impulse, but after ten minutes I was lost to the world!I don't think it matters at all if you were a Peter Pan fan, I certainly wasn't. This movie spoke to me as it would to everyone, it's about escapism, about Neverland. It's about one man's struggle to be inspired, and he finds it, and this in itself, to me, is inspirational and is what made the movie beautiful.The whole movie is a masterpiece, don't let anyone tell you any different. If they didn't like it, they had their reasons. I should imagine it's not to everyone's tastes. This is one you have to judge for yourself.Enjoy and be astounded.With regards to the DVD, the special features are actually quite good and it's worth the however much extra for them (if you're a fan of the movie).

Saw the movie on TV and it's well done, so bought the DVD from Amazon.I like the understated performances, especially from Johnny Depp he reallyis excellent. But of course the film touches on but skirts around the realissues. I will not mention them here, it's not appropriate. But there aremoments of pure magic in this lovely movie, it's worth having and not leastof course because of the wonderful Freddie Highmore as the young JMB

its good if you want to find out what peter pan is all about, otherwise it's very boring. more suited to kids