2020 · drama · fantasy · family
Wendy (Behn Zeitlin)
Directed by Benh Zeitlin1h 51m2020
A re-imagining of "Peter Pan" from the point of view of Wendy Darling, who finds herself lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued. She must fight to save her family, her freedom and the joyous spirit of youth.
Our read: Wendy (Behn Zeitlin) (2020) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive drama · fantasy · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- measured
- inventive
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