![]() Lowery and cinematographer Bojan Bazelli follow the frustrating trend in Disney live-action remakes toward keeping the image dim, as though the whole picture were shot during a solar eclipse. Reactionaries who rush to the internet to complain about progressive ideas sneaking into popular culture may be outraged but for the most part, this is the “Peter Pan & Wendy” everyone is used to. ![]() Wendy has a lot more agency, wielded with a feminist edge and she and Tinkerbell are no longer rivals. The Indigenous princess Tiger Lily (Alyssa Wapanatâhk) is no longer the pulp fiction stereotype of the Disney cartoon. Captain Hook’s rivalry with Peter Pan is given a thornier, more involved backstory. Lowery and Halbrook do tweak some things. ![]() ![]() Throw in a rapacious crocodile, the loyal fairy Tinkerbell (Yara Shahidi), and the very loaded question of whether Wendy wants to play Mommy to a bunch of rowdy kids, and you’ve got all you need for a timeless crowd-pleaser. Once again in this version, Wendy Darling (Ever Anderson) is on the cusp of becoming a young lady - and aging out of the family playroom - when she receives an invitation from the storybook character Peter Pan (Alexander Molony) to join him in Neverland, where he and all the other “Lost Boys” who refuse to grow up battle the sour pirate Captain Hook ( Jude Law). That’s not necessarily a bad goal, given that Barrie’s original remains a favorite for a reason: It imbues a simple adventure plot with deeper subtext. ![]()
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