Wendy

Wendy Darling grows up in a warm family, but she and her brothers are drawn away one night by a mysterious boy named Peter, who leads them to an island where time and aging no longer behave as they should. There the children find a wild world without adults and at first enjoy their freedom, yet Wendy comes to see that the joys of youth are under threat. She must decide what matters most to her and fight for her family, her freedom and the spirit of childhood.

The film is a reimagining of Peter Pan told from Wendy's point of view, and it was directed by Benh Zeitlin, who wrote the screenplay with Eliza Zeitlin. It is his second feature, following Beasts of the Southern Wild in 2012. Devin France plays Wendy, with Yashua Mack as Peter, Gage Naquin and Gavin Naquin as her brothers Douglas and James, Krzysztof Meyn as Thomas Marshall and Ahmad Cage as Sweet Heavy. The cast runs to 68 credited performers.

Made for about 5 million dollars and released in February 2020, the film drew modest audiences in theaters and now sits at 5.7 out of 10 on IMDb from roughly 4,000 votes, with a matching 5.7 on TMDB from a much smaller pool of 141 votes. Critics' reviews, numbering 112, give the same average of 5.7, so professional and audience assessments of the film are closely aligned.