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Wendy

Play trailer 2:01 Poster for Wendy PG-13 Released Feb 28, 2020 1h 52m Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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Lost on a mysterious island, a girl fights to save her family, her freedom and the joyous spirit of youth.
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Wendy dares to do something different with its classic source material; unfortunately, the movie's breathtaking visuals are at odds with a flawed take on the story.

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Clarisse Loughrey Independent (UK) [Wendy] sees the director double down on his style while finding little reason to justify it. Rated: 2/5 Aug 14, 2021 Full Review Dan Jolin Empire Magazine A new take on Peter Pan that actually works, delivering all the visual richness you'd hope for from the film-maker behind Beasts Of The Southern Wild. Rated: 4/5 Aug 13, 2021 Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times While by no means perfect, Wendy ... has originality, folklore, and old-school Americana to recommend it. Rated: 4/5 Aug 13, 2021 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Sometimes Zeitlin is too literal, sometimes he’s too vague. The occasional salty dialogue from the kids feels forced, and not all of the non-professional performances click. But those things never rob the movie of its imagination, emotion, and grit. Rated: 4/5 Aug 21, 2022 Full Review Jeremy Aspinall Radio Times The metaphors are sprinkled liberally like fairy dust, as childish imagination and joy clashes with the reality and bitterness wrought by old age. Rated: 3/5 Sep 14, 2021 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall An astonishing riff on Peter Pan, this film is both earthy and dreamy at the same time. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 19, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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tubambino If You rate this movie a 5 You must have Brain Damage,Drug Addict or Just retarded. You know this movie was Bad and Waste of time. The lil girl was a good actor the story was awful. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/27/20 Full Review Felicia IMO children younger then 8 mite not get the movie it was hard for me my 9 year old grand needed to explain😂😂😂😂 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/08/20 Full Review Kyle M Youthful performances decently carry the timeless tale with modernized edges considered as attempted re-imaginative realism, incoherently but admirably discusses our sensual basis of time through surreal uncertainty. (B-) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/14/24 Full Review Torin F WENDY is an ambitious and unconventional take on the classic tale, and benefits from the same directorial approach that made Beasts of the Southern Wild such a remarkable film debut. Wendy has an impressive young cast, and succeeds in establishing an atmosphere all its own. The film departs from the classic Peter Pan tale in odd ways, however, offering its own idiosyncratic and deeply melancholy take on growing old, and the plot seems to accord with the movie's internal fantasy logic while not maintaining any consistent metaphoric insight. It's engaging for sure, but perhaps ultimately a bit unsatisfying. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/16/24 Full Review Kelsey B Imagine, Peter Pan, but with no magic. It's the worst movie that I've ever watched. Everytime I watch a movie, I compare it to this one and no other movie has ever been worse. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/25/23 Full Review Hari Safitri S Nice, and I like it🤩 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Lost on a mysterious island, a girl fights to save her family, her freedom and the joyous spirit of youth.
Director
Benh Zeitlin
Producer
Becky Glupczynski, Dan Janvey, Paul Mezey, Josh Penn
Screenwriter
Benh Zeitlin, Eliza Zeitlin
Distributor
Searchlight Pictures
Production Co
Department of Motion Pictures, Journeyman Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Brief Violent/Bloody Images)
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 28, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 17, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$138.3K
Runtime
1h 52m
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