Deborah Ross

The magic is missing in this remake: Disney’s Peter Pan & Wendy reviewed

Jude Law, as Captain Hook, is the only one with any charisma

This Neverland is not a dazzling, fantastical place. It’s more like a Scottish island: (l-r) Alexander Molony as Peter Pan, Ever Anderson as Wendy, Joshua Pickering as John Darling and Jacobi Jupe as Michael Darling. Photo courtesy of Disney. © 2023 Disney Enterprises, inc. All rights reserved 
issue 06 May 2023
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