Sunday 17 March 2013

Day 76: Finding Neverland



J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) finds inspiration for ‘Peter Pan’ in a family of four young boys and their wonderful mother.

James helps Peter (Freddie Highmore) to become a child again, to not only think of how sad he is that his father died. But Peter is always expecting the worst and he can only pretend so far before it just becomes another lie for him. He has stories within him and James helps him to see the worth in writing them down and believing in them. The relationship between the two is great, I love James’ patience with him as he helps to rediscover his childhood.

Favourite bit of the film is when Sylvia (Kate Winslet) is too sick to go to the play, so James brings the play to her. It is so wonderful and just so sad. She gets to see the influence her children had on James and she knows their childhoods are forever immortalised within the story. And she gets to see Neverland for herself, as James promised she would.

Completely forgot just how sad this film is, bloody hell.

Peter:   It’s just… I thought she’d always be here.
James:  So did I but in fact, she is because she’s on every page of your imagination. You’ll always have her there. Always.
Peter:   But why did she have to die?
James:  I don’t know, boy. When I think of your mother I’ll always remember how happy she looked sitting in her parlour, watching a play about her family, about her boys that never grew up. She went to Neverland and you can visit her anytime you like, if you just go there yourself.
Peter:   How?
James:  By believing, Peter. Just believe.

8/10

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