#nowwatching Finding Neverland

I recently watched Finding Neverland during one of my late afternoon free times and I LOVED it. I grew with the story of Peter Pan in my heart. I've not only watched the Disney animated film of both Peter Pan 1 & 2, but I've read books of Peter Pan related stories as well. This movie is not only outstanding because of the magical and sincere scenes of each character, but this movie did justice and paid a wonderful tribute to where all the magic came from, it is none other than J.M. Barrie himself.

Finding Neverland is a semi-biographical movie about the life of J.M Barrie and his encounter with the Davies family, who inspired him to write his most famous work, Peter Pan. In the movie, Barrie met Sylvia Davies, a widow, and her four children one afternoon in the park. Barrie then proves to be a wonderful playmate and surrogate father to the kids. On their afternoons together, Barrie was inspired by the boys' imagination and hence, gave him the idea of boys who do not want to grow up, especially the troubled Peter Llewyn Davies. Barrie received a lot of skepticism regarding his Peter Pan play because most found that the story would not fit the taste of upperclass theatre goers. During the opening night, Barrie was able to get children from a nearby orphanage to attend. The play proves to be a huge success as the adults too reacted to the children's delight with appreciation of their own. Sylvia was too ill to attend the production stayed at home and Barrie brought the play into their house for her. In the end, Sylvia passed away and Barrie was made to take care of the boys.

Though the plot was short, it was definitely sweet and had a hint of magic into it. The platonic relationship between Barrie and Sylvia was touching. As Sylvia's illness worsen in the movie, it was also heartbreaking to see how her boys grew up fast due to the events happening to them. I would give 5 out of 5 stars to the movie and I wouldn't mind watching it again.