Finding Neverland
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Short description
Finding Neverland is set in London at the start of the twentieth century, where the Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie is struggling with his marriage and with a career that has stalled. While walking his dog in Kensington Gardens, he meets the widowed Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her four young sons. An unlikely friendship forms between the writer and the boys, despite the disapproval of Sylvia's mother and the resentment of Barrie's wife, Mary. The time he spends with the family gives him the idea for a new kind of children's story, one about boys who refuse to grow up, and the play that follows changes the lives of everyone involved.
Marc Forster directed the film, the second of the thirteen features credited to him in chronological order, arriving between Monster's Ball and Stay. David Magee wrote the screenplay with Allan Knee. Johnny Depp plays Barrie, Kate Winslet plays Sylvia, and Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman, Radha Mitchell and Freddie Highmore appear alongside them among a credited cast of twenty-three.
Released in 2004, the production cost about 25 million dollars and returned roughly 117 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.6 out of 10 from around 217,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.3 from a far smaller pool of about 3,800; a critics' rating of 7.8 from 204 reviews places it slightly above both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- James Barrie, who created the story of Neverland and Peter Pan many years ago, thought about children before his death. In his will, he donated all rights to adapt his creation to a children's hospital located on Great Ormond Street in London.
- Johnny Depp specifically studied a Scottish accent for this role.
- J.M. Barrie was an extraordinary person, but it is also interesting to note that he stopped growing when he reached a height of 5 feet – just like Peter Pan, who also never grew up.
- Jim Carrey was initially considered as a possible candidate for the role of Barrie.
- The film was ready for release as early as autumn 2003, but the producers of P.J. Hogan's version of "Peter Pan" forbade its creators from using the original text by J.M. Barrie in the film's dialogue. As a result, an agreement was reached – the release of Mark Forster's film was postponed by a year, but the filmmakers received official permission to mention the writer's novel.
- The film is based on Alan Knee’s play “The Man Who Was Peter Pan”.
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