Synopsis
Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.
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Cast
- Hugh JackmanBlackbeard
- Levi MillerPeter Pan
- Garrett HedlundJames Hook
- Rooney MaraTiger Lily
- Adeel AkhtarSam Smiegel
- Nonso AnozieBishop
- Amanda SeyfriedMary
- Kathy BurkeMother Barnabas
- Cara DelevingneMermaid
- Tae-joo NaKwahu
Recommendations
- 80
The Telegraph
Occasionally things get a little overcrowded, particularly during a sticky final act, but Pan has a certain timeless buoyancy that keeps it bouncing back. - 80
Time Out London
This Pan is loud, colourful, busy and full of ideas. Not all those ideas work in sync – but most are bold and some are winningly eccentric. - 60
Screen Daily
Deftly made and diverting for young audiences but unlikely to linger, with any vibrancy tempered by the familiarity of the tune. - 40
Variety
At no point in the entire film is any character allowed to have any fun at all, which is a rather devastating flaw for a movie that’s supposed to be set in an eternal wonderland of play and arrested childhood innocence. - 40
Total Film
As Peter Pan should be one of the ultimate wish-fulfilment heroes for kids, it’s baffling to see how he’s been appropriated for such an awfully middling adventure. - 40
Village Voice
Jackman occasionally wins a laugh, when he manages to impose himself over the movie's restless clamor. - 38
Charlotte Observer
Writer Simon Fuchs begins with a reasonable idea – we’re all likely to be curious about the origins of Peter Pan – and does unreasonable things ever after. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
What fun there is falls to Jackman, who gives the grand old man of pirate characters plenty of fresh and unusual wrinkles and emerges better than the others simply by virtue of playing a two-dimensional, rather than one-dimensional, figure.
