And in Peter Pan & Wendy he has proved it once again. But he is also the genius behind another of Disney’s best adaptations: Peter and the Dragon (2016).īetween independent gems that show his pulse as a director and Disney adaptations that reveal his good work in the mainstream, Lowery has become one of the few great auteurs who can make big studio films. The director made his name with Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013), but has made it to the top with two fantasy films that have conquered festivals and platforms: A Ghost Story (2017) and The Green Knight (2021). With very few films to his credit, but very striking, Lowery has become one of Hollywood’s biggest up-and-comers, and has little to envy from filmmakers of the stature of Jordan Peele or Ari Aster. This adaptation could have done without her role almost entirely and it would have worked just as well, but she is compensated for by some lost children – including Disney’s first Down’s Syndrome actor, Noah Matthews – who are on a par with the main characters.īut how has a story as seemingly old and forgotten as Peter Pan been made to work like clockwork? The key lies in the person in the director’s chair: David Lowery. Perhaps the worst performer is Yara Shahidi’s Tinkerbell. He is the pirate we all know, not a mere disguise, and now he also manages to make us empathise with him. Law, by the way, achieves something very complex: he doesn’t look ridiculous or outlandish in his performance as Hook. On the other hand, Alexander Molony’s Peter Pan manages to convey the charisma and stubbornness of the animated character, and although at times he almost makes us love Jude Law’s Captain Hook more than he does himself, he proves to be a phenomenal Pan. Anderson – proves that she has nothing to envy her mother in front of the screen, and gives one of the best performances of all the remakes we’ve seen in the company. Ever Anderson Jovovich’s Wendy – and she’s the daughter of Milla Jovovic and director Paul W. Despite the fact that most of them are children, almost all of them work perfectly.
Moreover, the actors are surprisingly good.
Thanks to its technical prowess, the film never lets up, and the pace surpasses that of the animated film. The camera keeps moving all the time, as if it were another Neverland fairy, and every shot seems to be taken from a painting. The main factor that makes Peter Pan & Wendy so good is the direction. But the result, despite all this, has been fantastic, so we are here to vindicate one of the best exercises in nostalgia well understood. Not only does it have a smaller budget than most Disney remakes, but it has not been given any hype. Moreover, the promotion of the film has been rather lacking. It has happened with Pinocchio or Lady and the Tramp, and Peter Pan & Wendy has also had to suffer the consequences of a year in which The Little Mermaid is getting all the attention in cinemas. This is something that Disney has been doing for some time now with live action films that it considers “minor”. However, Peter Pan & Wendy has a big problem: it has only been released on Disney Plus.
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