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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversGlorious entertainment.
- 80NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenMingling reality and fantasy, Forster has given us a luminous, touching meditation on life and art.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterA rewarding piece of filmmaking that has all the makings of a classic weepie.
- 80VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyAn impeccably made and genuinely moving account of how Scottish author J.M. Barrie came to write "Peter Pan."
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDepp portrays a fellow who is openly gentle to the core, and the actor just about wraps the movie around his lilting delivery and quiescent gaze.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliCompelling and life-affirming.
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderThe plays and amusements the boys put on--by far the most successfully magical scenes in the movie--inspire Barrie to create his great work, "Peter Pan."
- 50Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterDepp and Highmore's final scene together strikes a muted blow of desolation -- bottomless but just bearable -- that Forster rather bravely lets stand as the last word on all the fanciful solace that Barrieland had to offer.
- 40TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissFinding Neverland takes a big, brave leap and lands splat on the sidewalk.
- 40The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinForster's movie doesn't want to grow up, but it doesn't seem to understand childhood, either. For a film about the life-affirming power of imagination, Finding Neverland displays precious little of its own.