PAN
The story of an orphan who is spirited away to the magical Neverland. Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny... to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.
3 December 1985, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
5 June 2002, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
9 September 1976, Waterford, Ireland
1 October 1985, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
July 11, 2016
Creating a gritty backstory for a 12-year-old can't have been easy, but director Joe Wright pulls it off with great aplomb, making it one of the most entertaining visits to Neverland so far.May 03, 2016
Collectively, it's all too much, and this sweet story about a boy looking for his mother and finding his place in the world is overpowered by how things look, rather than what we should feel.October 10, 2015
The film fulfills its limited mandate of providing fast-paced adventure and some nice eye candy without adding anything memorable to the tale of The Boy Who Can Fly.October 09, 2015
Tasked to come up with any sort of backstory to get us to the flying and the crowing and the Lost Boys and the never growing up, Pan goes with what has become default fantasy template No. 1.October 12, 2015
The most cheering surprise of the season is "Pan."October 09, 2015
This joyless, juiceless Pan is a theme-park ride from hell.October 10, 2015
The very idea behind Pan is ill-conceived. Who wants a prequel to Peter Pan?May 29, 2016
Blackbeard shouts, 'You shall be rewarded with confectionary!' Kids love confectionary more than life. That doesn't mean it's good for them. 'Pan' is cinematic confectionary.October 14, 2015
If Pan's screenplay is a lesson in anything, it's that most beloved stories don't require a whole cinematic universe to go along with them.April 06, 2016
Painting Neverland in such drab colours, with a story that revolves around child labour, is hardly a blueprint for a fun-packed movie.