Parental Guidance: How Family-Friendly Is Pan?

He forms an instant rapport with Peter, played so well by Levi Miller, a precocious newcomer who brings a sense of mystery to the role that’s always welcome. If you have heard bedtime stories as a kid, you will appreciate the associations the film builds for you.

In a flawless world, Hayley is just a book deal away from publishing the novel that will change her life and make her a household name – preferably along the lines of J. K. Rowling or Veronica Roth and not Stephanie Meyer or E. L. James. It’s World War II and Peter (12-year-old Levi Miller) is still living in the orphanage run by an evil, obese, junk-food-hoarding nun who, naturally, hates him. A floating pirate ship arbitrarily kidnaps orphan boys. Then it’s off to Neverland where they’re forced to mine for magic pixie crystals for the pirate Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman, clearly a graduate of the Johnny Depp school of overacting). It is a place full of mystery and wonder with dangers beyond any of their wildest dreams. He has a destiny and a goal that is greater than he ever could have imagined. The next day he finds fairy dust but a man steals it from him and Blackbeard makes him walk the plank. “And he’s been in the mines under Blackbeard’s thumb for so long, he’s become a survivor, and a self-centered, selfish one at that”. He has a dire goal and one that if it comes to fruition a lot of innocents will suffer. Or at least something that wanted to be a Baz Luhrmann movie, very badly. “There’s so much going on and so many jobs and so many things”.

While many look forward to seeing “Pan”, others believe that exploring how it all began is not really necessary. It’s an enormously entertaining and attractive work that lives up to Barrie’s beloved characters as well as Wright’s accomplished track record.

The film hasn’t received good reviews across the board and, it seems like most people are watching it for the same kind of thrill and excitement they experienced in Harry Potter. As for adults, there are far better movies to see this weekend.

” And he said “I would like to offer you the role of Peter in ‘Pan”, says Miller”. It had the potential to be fantastic but instead is only an alright movie.

Filmmaker Joe Wright has confessed it is a challenge managing films with huge budgets because it is easy to get “distracted by all the bells and whistles”. “You could feel that and it sort of infected us all and I think that’s certainly a quality about Peter Pan, that he has an infectious spirit”. Sure enough, they’re right.

“Not for me”, he answered the Britain’s edition of OK! magazine when asked if it’s hard not to spoil his kids all the time.