Did Peter Pan really need an origin story? Is it perhaps a bit too much desperation in Hollywood’s never-ending search for fresh product? Is the venerable Pan story too classic for that? Should we really be concerned?
The good news is, um … no? Also good news is that it’s not abominable. It’s actually not that bad—for children. Maybe a little dark. But children these days have already seen much, much worse. In fact, considering what they can avail themselves of, on the down-low, away from the eyes of parents—this “Pan” could almost be considered therapeutic.
I say “almost.” Blackbeard at one point shouts, “You shall be rewarded with confectionary!” Children love confectionary more than life itself. But that doesn’t mean it’s good for them. Sugar is bad. This “Pan” is cinematic confectionary. Therefore, “Pan” may only taste good, and not actually be good for them.
Away to Neverland
Little Peter (Levi Miller) is a courageous boy in a Dickensian orphanage with nasty nuns, amid World War II London bombings and buzzing Nazi Messerschmitts everywhere.
