The object of his affection is Wendy Darling (Rachel Hurd-Wood), a pre-teen in Edwardian London with a penchant for telling dazzling tales to her younger brothers. Barrie tale is surprisingly sentimental, imbuing Peter-played by the charming Jeremy Sumpter-with a sense of longing and a desire to be loved. Hogan's ( My Best Friend's Wedding) live-action interpretation of the classic J.M. Jeff Shannon Synopsis Everyone knows Peter Pan as the boy who will never grow up.
With a mischievously dazzling Tinker Bell (played by Swimming Pool's Ludivine Sagnier) and no expense spared on its lavish Australian production, this Peter Pan gets it entirely right by presenting childhood as fun and frightening, in all its wondrous joys and sorrows. This emotional bond-and the mixed blessing of Peter's eternal childhood-is what gives Hogan's Peter Pan it's rich emotional subtext, added to an already bountiful adventure that's equal parts delightful and menacing, especially when the villainous pirate Captain Hook (Jason Isaacs, doubling as Wendy's father) threatens to spoil the fun. More importantly, however, is the fact that director PJ Hogan (whose films include Muriel's Wedding and My Best Friend's Wedding) has taken care to develop a substantial, pre-adolescent affection between the boyish sprite Peter (Jeremy Sumpter) and resourceful London girl Wendy, played by Rachel Hurd-Wood in a marvellous screen debut. The technical advances of CGI make the magic of Barrie's tale come alive and the spectacular effects combined with luminous live action create an action-packed Neverland that's both believable and breathtakingly artificial, like a Maxfield Parrish landscape springing vividly to life before your eyes. From -.co.uk Fine casting, genuinely special effects and a keen combination of whimsy and danger make this Peter Pan the one to beat among all previous adaptations of JM Barrie's classic children's fantasy. Once there, they meet Tinker Bell (Ludivine Sagnier), the Lost Boys, and the dastardly Captain Hook (Jason Isaacs) and his pirate crew. The Darling children, Wendy (Rachel Hurd-Wood), John (Harry Newell), and Michael (Freddie Popplewell) follow Peter Pan (Jeremy Sumpter) to Neverland - a world where anything is possible. listing Peter Pan A live-action re-telling of J.M.
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