I get what they're doing - the struggles of J M Barrie to write Peter Pan, the way he retreats into a fantasy world... but watching it you can't help but think "this isn't the real story"... then you find out the real story and go "now that's an interesting film" - more believable too (Barrie's probable pedophilia links, the kids were warped by Barrie's interest in them, one of them killed himself, one died in WW1 -NB as an aside, lots of sons/wards of famous people died in WW1, eg Kipling, Oscar Wilde). You don't ever really get a sense Barrie is keen on Kate Winslet, it's a way to access the kids. Did enjoy Dustin Hoffman, though, and the moment where the kids come to Peter Pan and their enjoyment gets the jaded adults enjoying it - this is very true (even if it didn't happen exactly as depicted here, I mean the concept). Julie Christie is ferociously imposing and the kid are great, especially the main wing nut one. Like a few bios recently I couldn't help feeling at the time this might be better as an episode of an anthology television series rather than a feature.
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