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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