Finding Neverland (Review)

Director: Marc Forster
Genre: Drama, biographical film
Lead actors: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Radha Mitchell,Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman
Release Year: 2004

Country: United States
Run Time: 106 minutes

Main characters:

Johnny Depp as J. M. Barrie
Kate Winslet as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
Dustin Hoffman as Charles Frohman
Julie Christie as Mrs. Emma du Maurier
Radha Mitchell as Mary Ansell Barrie
Freddie Highmore as Peter Llewelyn Davies
Nick Roud as George Llewelyn Davies
Joe Prospero as Jack Llewelyn Davies
Luke Spill as Michael Llewelyn Davies
Ian Hart as Arthur Conan Doyle
Oliver Fox as Gilbert Cannan
Mackenzie Crook as Mr. Jaspers
Kelly Macdonald as Peter Pan
Angus Barnett as Nana/Mr. Reilly
Toby Jones as Smee
Kate Maberly as Wendy Darling
Matt Green as John Darling
Catrin Rhys as Michael Darling
Tim Potter as Captain Hook/George Darling
Jane Booker as Mary Darling
Eileen Essell as Mrs. Snow
Jimmy Gardner as Mr. Snow
Paul Whitehouse as The Stage Manager
Plot:

J.M. Barrie is a playwright who is looking for the inspiration he lost. He finds it when he meets the Davies’ children in his favourite park, and their mother by chance. Sylvia Llewelyn, is the recently widowed mother left with four young sons whom she dearly loves. Peter is a changed boy since his father’s death, and J.M. Barrie hopes to rekindle this little boy’s spirit into an imaginative one. J.M. Barrie soon becomes very attached to this family, much to the Davies’ grandmother and his own wife’s chagrin. His relationship with his wife gets more strained as rumors flit around about J.M. Barrie and Sylvia's relationships, although their love is entirely platonic.

Finally, he gets the inspiration to write his well-loved masterpiece ‘Peter Pan’.
Its title character is inspired by none other than Peter himself. The play ‘Peter Pan’ is loved by all its audience. Unfortunatelly, Sylvia gets sick but she doesn't die, she just goes away to the made-up world - Neverland.

Well, I can say that this film is really worth seeing! The sets were simply beautiful. The film is very bright and avokes happy recollections about our own childhood. It is also shows us that we should value any moment with dearest people, don't give up and hope for the best.

A brilliant acting of the main actors supplements and completes impression.The part where Kate Winslet is watching the play was very, very moving and brought tears to my eyes. Acting of Jonny Depp is beyond any comparison. He is the best as always. Freddie Highmore is very good too. I have whatched some other films with him and I think he is a really promising actor.

I was not surprised by the fact that this film has won many awards, for example, Best Young Performer- Freddie Highmore, Best Film, Outstanding Film Music Composition- Jan A.P. Kaczmarek and Best Original Score-Jan A.P. Kaczmarek.