Peter Pan: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 5 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 141 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

67

The director, P.J. Hogan, celebrates Peter's elfin derring-do yet recognizes that there's something a bit lonely about it.
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A.O. Scott New York Times (Top Critic)

80

What distinguishes this Peter Pan from other versions is its unsentimental insight into the terrors and delights of both childhood and growing up.
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Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

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Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

63

Familiarity doesn't exactly breed contempt, yet despite the novelty of a real boy as Peter, the movie does engender a listless been-there / eaten-that reaction.
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Ann Hornaday Washington Post (Top Critic)

In this incarnation, Peter is imbued with a greater degree of psychological darkness than before.
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Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

With only a few exceptions, the performances (and the script) range between dull and mediocre.
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Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

75

Has in the young British actress Rachel Hurd-Wood a Wendy for the ages.
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Michael Atkinson Village Voice (Top Critic)

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.
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Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)

75

Both enchantingly old-fashioned and daringly modern.
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Chris Vognar Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

50

Faithful to its source but rather unremarkable as a movie experience.
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Lisa Kennedy Denver Post (Top Critic)

75

Action-fortified, touching and entertaining from its beguiling beginning to its dreamy conclusion.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

88

I walked in anticipating a sweet kiddie fantasy and was surprised to find a film that takes its story very seriously indeed, thank you, and even allows a glimpse of underlying sadness.
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Mark Caro Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

75

Works as mind-tickling entertainment that never stoops to the vulgarities or frenetic pacing of most family films.
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David Hiltbrand Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

63

Hogan's shimmering vision of Peter Pan is rewardingly sumptuous and faithful.
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Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

75

Every generation deserves its own version of Peter Pan. Until the next one arrives in 2019 or so, this one will do nicely.
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Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

50

If you're interested in returning to Neverland -- or taking some young person along for the ride -- this Pan will serve you well. For others, though, the flight might seem too familiar.
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Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

50

It ends up being the grown-up version of a children's story, and may have trouble finding an audience.
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Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

The sweep of the story will pull along most viewers, young and old.
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Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

63

Sumptuous-looking and engagingly acted.
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Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

60

It's not completely joyless, as Spielberg's Hook was. And it is not without its laughs and little pleasures.
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Susan Walker Toronto Star (Top Critic)

60

A tribute to the power of good storytelling.
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Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

Possesses effects galore, although curiously little to spark the imagination.
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James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

75

One of the best versions of Peter Pan to reach the screen.
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Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

The film suffers from uneven acting, an over-reliance on production values and an uncertainty over how dangerous the children's adventures should be.
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Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

50

There's nothing to crow about.
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