With PeterPanAndWendy, David Lowery manages to breathe new life into a story we’ve already heard countless times with a stellar performance from Jude Law as Captain Hook to boot. Our review:
Disney’s live-action remakes of their animated classics have certainly been a mixed bag. Many of them—like 2019’s The Lion King or 2017’s Beauty and the Beast—are almost identical to the original film and seemingly exist for the sole reason of reminding audiences that they loved the animated versions of these stories. But the best remakes take a classic that we all know and likely grew up with, and takes the opportunity to present a new angle to these timeless tales.
Peter Pan & Wendy begins as most of these retellings have: with Wendy Darling stuck between her burgeoning adulthood and wanting to remain of the childish and playful nature that her brothers Michael and John are currently in. The night before Wendy is to go to boarding school, she’s visited by Peter Pan , of whom the Darling children have heard many stories about from their mother, and his fairy friend Tinker Bell .
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