Peter Pan: Critic Reviews

87%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

83%

RottenTomatoes: 24 reviews

Dave Kehr Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Disney's depersonalizing habit of putting different teams in charge of different sections of the story really shows up here.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Variety Staff Variety (Top Critic)

A feature cartoon of enchanting quality.
Full Review » 3 years ago
TIME Magazine (Top Critic)

Ornamented with some bright and lilting tunes, it is a lively feature-length Technicolor excursion into a world that glows with an exhilarating charm and a gentle joyousness.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

80

Stereotypes mar otherwise jaunty Disney adventure.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy

70

Not an especially mature film, probably the most "kiddie movie" of all the 1950s Disney features.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Film4

Classic Disney, if not authentic Barrie.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Ian Nathan Empire Magazine

80

Definitely a Disney classic but misses out much of the darker side of J.M.Barrie's fantasy tale.
Full Review » 3 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

100

A wonderful movie.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

80

Full Review » 3 years ago
Edward Havens FilmJerk.com

84

The Walt Disney Company has broken the vaults wide open to add a plethora of fascinating historic artifacts to make this new Platinum Edition a must-own for any Disney collector.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Kevin Carr 7M Pictures

70

I have to give a special shout-out to Tinkerbell, a Disney creation that I never fully appreciated as a child.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Eric Henderson Slant Magazine

50

Never Land? More like Never-Gon-Git-It Land.
Full Review » 5 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

70

...if we must have only one enduring account of Barrie's creations, we could do worse.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Rob Vaux Flipside Movie Emporium

40

The boomers love it; they can have it.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Gabe Leibowitz eCinemaCenter.com

80

Perhaps Disney's most underrated work.
Full Review » 7 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

50

A cavalcade of classic songs, unforgettable moments, gorgeous handcrafted animation and, unfortunately, some racial stereotypes.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films Guide

75

While it's neither the best retelling of Barrie's nursery tale or nor the best Disney cartoon of the era, it is, fortunately, a decent enough example of both.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Widgett Walls Needcoffee.com

80

Heartwarming story about boys, girls and growing up. Oh yeah, and there's cool pirates too.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Brian Webster Apollo Guide

81

I would argue that Peter Pan is a movie with great characters, but it is not itself a great movie.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Audrey Rock-Richardson Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

60

Full Review » 10 years ago
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com

80

Full Review » 10 years ago
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com

60

Peter Pan may be a boy who refuses to grow up, but his movie is really one of Disney's most adult "kids'" films.
Full Review » 10 years ago
David N. Butterworth rec.arts.movies.reviews

If you can ignore some of the film's minor flaws, you should have a ripe old time at the movies.
Full Review » 12 years ago