tT never grow up is unspeakably sad, and this is the first Peter Pan where Peter's final flight seems not like a victory but an escape.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
Imbued with a greater degree of psychological darkness than before.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Michael Atkinson
Uniquely jacked into a ripe sense of antique-nursery Victoriana and buzzing with a pre-adolescent metaphoric charge, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan is a primary text of modern culture, and P.J. Hogan's live-action rendition is the only one, screen or stage, to completely uncage this changeling and give it flight.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
Mr. Hogan understands both themes, and his filmmaking style is a perfect mixture of wide-eyed wonder and slightly melancholy sophistication.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
All Peter Pan lacks is a Peter Pan with any discernible personality, no matter that Jeremy Sumpter is the first actual, genetic boy to play the role on film.Read Full Review »
75
ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Unlike last year's disastrous "Pinocchio" with Roberto Benigni, this movie proves worth the time, effort, and money to get the whole family to a theater.Read Full Review »
75
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
A bright, whirling pinwheel of a movie that tosses around special effects like confetti, but the techno magic is graced with a touch of sensuality.Read Full Review »
75
Philadelphia Inquirer: David Hiltbrand
Though the story dawdles at times, the visuals are splendid.Read Full Review »
70
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Though being magical is very much its intention, it never manages to cross the threshold that makes that happen in our hearts.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Peter is as adequate as the Harry Potter movies are, though you never sense in either case that kids are being bitten with the permanent movie-loving bug.Read Full Review »
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