Finding Neverland

Plot

The story of J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.

Release Year: 2004

Rating: 7.8/10 (109,306 voted)

Critic's Score: 67/100

Director:
Marc Forster

Stars: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie

Storyline
The movie details the experiences of "Peter Pan" author

Writers: Allan Knee, David Magee

Cast:

Johnny Depp
–

Sir James Matthew Barrie

Kate Winslet
–

Sylvia Llewelyn Davies

Julie Christie
–

Mrs. Emma du Maurier

Radha Mitchell
–

Mary Ansell Barrie

Dustin Hoffman
–

Charles Frohman

Freddie Highmore
–

Peter Llewelyn Davies

Joe Prospero
–

Jack Llewelyn Davies

Nick Roud
–

George Llewelyn Davies

Luke Spill
–

Michael Llewelyn Davies

Ian Hart
–

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Kelly Macdonald
–

'Peter Pan'

Mackenzie Crook
–

Mr. Jaspers – Usher

Eileen Essell
–

Mrs. Snow

Jimmy Gardner
–

Mr. Snow

Oliver Fox
–

Gilbert Cannan

Taglines:
Unlock your imagination.

Details

Official Website:
Miramax [United States] |
TFM [France] |

Release Date: 24 November 2004

Filming Locations: London, England, UK

Box Office Details

Budget: $25,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: £776,124
(UK)
(31 October 2004)
(324 Screens)

Gross: $51,676,606
(USA)
(24 April 2005)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min
 |
USA: 101 min
(DVD) (Encore print)

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Dustin Hoffman has his hand in his jacket while being told the idea of the boy who would never grow up because he had cut the tip of his finger when a folding chair he was sitting in collapsed and the doctor ordered that his hand had to remain above his heart.

Goofs:

Factual errors:
There was much literary license taken regarding J.M. Barrie and his relationships with key characters. He and his wife didn't divorce until several years after the film's time period. Also, Sylvia's husband didn't die several years after the film; Sylvia didn't until 1910, six years after the Peter Pan premiere. Barrie knew the boys for several years before their apparent first meeting.

Quotes:

[first lines]

Charles Frohman:
Opening night. I love opening night. How are you? Did you see him?

User Review

Depply Beautiful

Rating: 10/10


I don't know how good this movie is and I don't care because I loved
it. It left me kind of numb. Moved, transported, enchanted. That's
exactly how I want to feel when I get out of a movie. "Finding
Neverland" gave it to me, in spades. Johnny Depp, hey Johnny you're the
best we've got. I forgot that it was you two minutes into the movie, I
only knew I loved that character. That in itself is part of the many
miracles the movie has in store. Yours, is a performance of perfect
beauty. Kate Winslet is quickly becoming my favourite actress. Julie
Christie is, was and always will be my "Darling" but Freddie Highmore,
you and your brothers gave me one the best evenings in a movie theatre
I had in a long, long, time. My girlfriend just read my comment over my
shoulder, her comment was very succinct: "You write like a woman" Okay,
let's see if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Good night kids.