Peter Pan

Wendy Darling (played by Rachel Hurd-Woods) is visited by Peter Pan (played by Jeremy Popplewell) while she is telling her brothers John and Michael some fairy tales. Peter, a kid who never grows old, welcomes Wendy and her siblings to Neverland, the island where he and the Lost Boys reside. Once there, however, Captain Hook (played by Jason Isaacs) kidnaps Wendy and her siblings. Peter, with the help of Tink (by Ludivine Sagnier), must confront Hook in order to save his friends.

"Peter Pan'' is a magical journey for any child seeking fun and entertainment, and director Hogan gives it to every child with incredible special effects (one of the crowd's favorites is when the children are traveling to Neverland for the first time). And he even finds a way to make early twentieth-century London look mystical, with a plotline that is funny, thrilling, and heart wrenching at the same time.

The movie also presents a common theme that every audience can understand: as Wendy bids farewell to Peter, she is also bidding farewell to her youth and starting to approach adulthood. Wendy is someone who wishes to move on with her life, but "Peter Pan" represents the inner kid who never grows up, the child in all of us who wants to battle pirates, fly, and have incredible adventures forever.

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 77%

Year of Release: 2003

Stars: Jeremy Popplewell, Rachel Hurd-Woods