Judging by the themes explored and the direction taken in Peter Pan & Wendy, co-writer and director David Lowery seems to have been at least somewhat immersed in the long academic and theoretical history of the iconic source material. Whether or not he read the academic Michael Egan’s essay “The Neveland of Id: Barrie, Peter Pan, and Freud” is up for debate, but the complexities of the story shine through this film thanks to its somewhat feminist focus, even if the actual content of the movie is lacking in parts.
Peter Pan & Wendy follows a relatively similar path to Disney’s beloved 1953 animated classic, although as the title suggests, there is a bit more of a focus on Wendy. The night before she’s due to leave for boarding school, Wendy Darling (Ever Anderson) is playing “Peter Pan” with her brothers, which leads to a broken mirror. After being told to grow up by her strict father, Wendy wishes for the opposite.
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