Living in a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself carried away to the world of Neverland. Along the way he discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
