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Overall Rating
2.79

Awesome: 11.48%
Worth A Look26.23%
Average: 18.03%
Pretty Bad: 18.03%
Total Crap26.23%

1 review, 55 user ratings


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by spork-girl

"I think they just made this movie so we could watch Robin play."
4 stars

The bestest thing in the whole world about this website is I can finally tell the world all my issues with movies. And I only have one with this quite decent movie.

Well, bleach my hair and call me Dawson, but I adore Spielberg. He is simply put, the man. I love almost everything he does. he takes on such a variety of genres and topics and blah blah blha he rules.

In this one, he takes the idea of, "What if Peter Pan grew up to be Robin Williams?" and spins a lovely tale. As you can imagine, this is mostly a kid's movie. And Spielberg must be a great dad, since his idea of a food fight is entirely accurate. And Robin, being the ultimate Peter Pan anyways, does a phenomenal job.

However, the love storyline with tinkerbell (Julia Roberts in the worst hair in her career) was in my opinon uneccesary, and a lil bit our of place. Don't mess with my childhood plotlines and make them all sexy, Steven. But that wasn't my problem with this movie. My problem is, if it's a kid's movie, go all the way. If it's a fantasy story of good vs. evil, go all the way. Don't kill off a positive character for no reason at all. The lost boy who took over for Peter when he left to go grow up dies pointlessly, and I think that would be fine in a different kind of movie, but it's gratuitous in the genre.

With those two exceptions, this movie is delightfully funny and moralistic and fun and well written and great.

4 sporks because Steven messed up a little.

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User Comments

10/06/09 Ionicera the only thing this movie has going for it is that it spawned "Bangarang" 3 stars
6/15/09 Jeff Wilder Interesting premise. But undone by a weak script. One of Spielberg's few missteps. 2 stars
3/02/08 Pamela White Reason why Neverland is not for adults, funny 4 stars
1/01/08 David Cohen Spielberg wants to be Peter Pan so he threw this together 2 stars
12/13/07 Megan Very enjoyable, a bit shallow, but my childhood favorite. 4 stars
11/02/07 johnnyfog Why not just redo the movie instead of making Peter Pan old? 2 stars
10/23/07 Quigley Sorry, Spielberg. 1 stars
6/15/07 Vincent Ebriega A movie well considered as great director's most underrated work. 3.5/5. 3 stars
3/16/07 Shobert One of the worst, dumbest, CORNIEST movies I've ever seen! Spielberg at his WORST!!!!!!!!! 1 stars
10/13/06 gaby um one of the best movies, dont care what anyone else says 4 stars
8/05/05 ^podo booooring!!!!!!!!! 2 stars
5/10/05 Indrid Cold No it's not a classic, but why are people so down on this movie? 4 stars
2/02/05 ralph a true movie expert 32 yrs old this is a bad example of movie makeing 1 stars
10/23/04 Shams Huque No wonder audiences were disappointed. 3 stars
5/24/04 Sean Scanlan It is just a movie 3 stars
4/21/04 Katie Malone Wonderful! 5 stars
2/17/04 Daveman Utter shit 1 stars
1/25/04 Elena I don't care what anyone says... This film is brilliant and absolutely magical. A FAVOURITE 5 stars
11/28/03 john starts out well Hoffmann is great but Neverland is a bad joke on a soundstage 3 stars
11/22/03 ross hendrick the worst movie ever made 1 stars
10/10/03 Erik Van Sant A film only pedophiles could love. Williams' worst since he stopped doing drugs. 1 stars
10/08/03 reptilesni Hmmm... A fat, old, stodgy Peter Pan. What's not to love? 1 stars
9/05/03 doug one of my favorites from childhood 5 stars
8/27/03 Gray I liked the end line "to live is a grand adventure" 4 stars
6/28/03 leon %%0qwe WHY I HOPE THAT PETER PAN IS R RATED,DARK,BLOODY AND RETAINS VIOLENCE OF BOOK!HATE HOOK!! 2 stars
4/18/03 Zach Who are you Andrew Carden 4 stars
3/17/03 Peter An ok movie. A new Peter Pan movie coming in 2003... 4 stars
2/13/03 R.W. Welch Unimpressive revamp of Peter Pan is quite plastic and uninvolving. 2 stars
10/04/02 CVJ Very disappointing should have been another Spielberg classic 3 stars
6/25/02 Charles Tatum All dressed up and no one to entertain 1 stars
6/12/02 hilarydsur average 3 stars
6/06/02 qtpie I thought it was ok for a real life Peter Pan 4 stars
11/29/01 The $1.98 Pyramid Too much characters to care for, especially the children. Too bad. 3 stars
10/16/01 Mr. Hat (formerly Joe Zappa) Very, VERY, VERY lame & standard! "It's a kid flick"? ILoveMovies, I'm 13 and this is shit! 1 stars
9/23/01 Monster W. Kung Horrible. Pathetic. Dustin Hoffman what THE HELL were you thinking? 1 stars
9/04/01 Butterbean A corny ass movie that will calm your crack addicted kids 3 stars
8/06/01 E-Funk A pedophile's dream come true. Spielberg, what were you thinking? 1 stars
6/05/01 Richard Wright An oversentimental, unnecessary sequel to a childhood favourite: a waste of everyones time. 2 stars
3/25/01 Smmee Why does everyone hate this? I loved it! 5 stars
3/18/01 Ichabod Crane Even Hoffman couldn't save the film. 2 stars
2/25/01 I love movies Spielberg can do no wrong! 5 stars
2/02/01 Jonathan McDevitt this is one of my favorite films ever! It's brilliant! 5 stars
1/08/01 I love movies come on, it's a kid flick! 4 stars
12/03/00 Destruction Worker The whole movie is one big set piece 1 stars
11/20/00 The EVIL Penguin Spielberg's most dissapointing film 2 stars
10/05/00 Spetters Spielberg´s worst film. Boring, badly acted and fake-looking. 1 stars
6/15/00 Jed One of Robin's Best films. 5 stars
3/11/00 David Rogers Robin is not suposed to be an adventure star, but this movie is good in it's own way. 3 stars
2/03/00 Richard Wright One of my favourites as a kid but looking at it now...UURGH! Under 12s and seniles only. 3 stars
11/29/99 Mic Everyone in this film have done much, much better. 2 stars
10/26/99 Karahde Khan What were the often talented people involved here thinking? And, please, kill Rufio!!! 1 stars
10/07/99 sophia962 Once again Dustin proves he's the most overrated ass in hollywood. Major disappointment. 1 stars
11/26/98 Mr.Pink Spielberg's, R. Williams', D. Hoffman's and Roberts' worst work ever, sickeningly dull!! 1 stars
10/29/98 Silent Rob What the hell happened here? The lost boys circle jerk scene WAS kinda cool though. 2 stars
9/29/98 katherine this is better then peter pan. my fave as a kid. 4 stars
IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS FILM, RATE IT!
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