She's a widow who's let her mother, Emma du Maurier (JULIE CHRISTIE), rule her and her kids' lives since her husband's untimely death. Barrie's wife, Mary (RADHA MITCHELL), is interested in her only because Sylvia knows everyone there is to know. Barrie enjoys their company, however, simply because they're still kids, unencumbered by adult troubles, distractions and daily concerns, and he soon begins spending a lot of time with them and Sylvia, much to the discomfort of both her mother and Mary.
As that new friendship puts a strain on their marriage, the playwright soon begins to fashion a work based on the kids. Charles isn't happy since he doesn't think this "Peter Pan" will play to adult audiences, but Barrie perseveres, both with finishing the work and befriending Sylvia and her family. Yet, when an unexpected development arises, he races against time to get the work on the stage for all to see.
Tense family material includes a parental death before the story begins and then another near the end, a childless marriage that's progressively strained and worsens throughout the story, and there's a strained mother/adult daughter relationship.
Some bad attitudes are present, while some characters briefly drink and/or smoke. Some imitative behavior occurs (including some formerly period-accepted but now politically incorrect phrases), while there's some brief child-based violent behavior and a boy is injured when he falls from some theatrical rigging down to the hard stage floor below him.
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(2004) (Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet) (PG)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Mild
None
Moderate
Mild
Minor
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
None
None
Mild
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Mild
Minor
Extreme
Heavy
Mild
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Reviewed August 10, 2004 / Posted November 19, 2004
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