If there is anything to dislike about “Finding Neverland”, it is that the film has an end.
The movie has everything one could wish for in a film: dancing bears, pirates, fantastic costumes and Johnny Depp. The whole piece was fantastically done. The film has the magic of theater and the mystery of a fairytale. When the characters play make-believe, viewers believe with them. When the people in the film (children and old fuddy-duddies alike) go to Neverland, the audience can go, too.

The movie really did deserve its Oscar nomination for Best Movie. The transition from reality to imagination is seamless. In a scene where three children are trying to convince another to play along with them, the scene moves back and forth, from the Wild West to a backyard garden. Director Marc Forster created a world so magical, viewers will have a hard time leaving the theaterand admitting that the movie is over.

Based on the play “The Man Who Was Peter Pan” by Allan Knee, the story is about James M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, and his relationship with the Llewelyn Davies family. The film begins in the year 1903 in London, and Barrie (Depp), a playwright, is opening a play that, in his words, is “bull’s pizzle.” He meets the Davies family, Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (Kate Winslet) and her four boys, in the park one sunny afternoon.

Do yourself a favor and see it on the big screen while you still can. With it’s enchanting plot line and incredible actors, anything smaller won’t do it justice.