Finding Neverland
2004 · Movie · PG · 106 min
★ 7.3(3,749)unSUB Rating
After a playwright’s creative block, he meets a widow and her four young boys, forming a close bond that reshapes his life. Their time together sparks new ideas and becomes the inspiration behind his lasting masterpiece, Peter Pan.
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Details
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2004-10-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 106 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.3/10 (3,749 votes)
- Box office
- $116,766,556
- Budget
- $25,000,000
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy heartfelt stories about keeping imagination alive through hardship and watching a friendship grow into something meaningful; Not for you if you want a strictly factual biography, or prefer lighter adventures like Bridge to Terabithia.
Pros: heartwarming imagination; strong family drama; standout young performance | Cons: can feel a bit twee; includes grief themes; some subplots lag
Themes
- london, england
- stroke of fate
- becoming an adult
- parent child relationship
- faith
- widow
- theater play
- theatre group
- author
- illness
- children's author
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2005
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Family Film · 2004
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 2005 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2005 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 2005 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2005 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 2005 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2005 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2005 · nominated
Cast & crew
Johnny Depp
as Sir James Matthew Barrie
Kate Winslet
as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
Julie Christie
as Mrs. Emma du Maurier
Dustin Hoffman
as Charles Frohman
Freddie Highmore
as Peter Llewelyn Davies
Radha Mitchell
as Mary Ansell Barrie
Kate Maberly
as Wendy
Joe Prospero
as Jack Llewelyn Davies
Nick Roud
as George Llewelyn Davies
Luke Spill
as Michael Llewelyn Davies
Directed by Marc Forster