Sunday, April 24, 2005

Peter Pan (2003)

This is the recent British big-screen version of the story, not some Disneyfied nonsense. The Edwardian Englishness--notably absent from other recent efforts (we're looking at you, Spielberg)--is all over the place, which makes sense given how closely the movie stays true to Barrie's original. In fact, this is a wonderfully faithful adaptation of the tale. One minor quibble: there's a little too much explication that threatens to take the sub out of the subtext. Let the metaphor lie in peace, and then the you'd have a perfect retelling of the fantastic tale.

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