When SciFi made "Tin Man", I was blown away by the imaginative spin on such a classic story. I was less impressed by "Alice", but still enjoyed parts of it. Sadly, "Neverland" continues that downward trend by producing a paper-thin storyline "backed up" by acting that was equally as weak.For a basic plot summary, "Neverland" tells the story of how James Hook, Peter Pan, and a gang of "Lost Boys" end up in the wondrous Neverland world, as well as how they all grow into the roles we are accustomed to seeing from them. The story begins in early 20th century London, where Hook is harboring a gaggle of street boys who serve to protect his "business interests" (i.e. petty theft). When one stolen object transports the lot of them into Neverland, however, Hook shows his true colors while Pan & Co. must decide who to cast their lot with...the pirates or the Indians.The trouble with this miniseries, plain and simple, is that it is just so poorly written. The basis of the "first time in Neverland" plot is okay, but everything beyond that is underachieving. There are no compelling motivations for the characters to act as they do, while the characters themselves are written about as shallow as humanly possible. Never once during the entire production did I feel even a twinge of emotional or genuine feeling for anything that was going on. There are a few "canon moments" that elicited a reaction from me, and that is the only reason I can give the experience two stars (1.5 would be more exact).The sub-par acting only hurts matters. While Charlie Rowe is passable as Peter, the two other "pirate leads" (Rhys Ifans & Anna Friel) are uninspiring to say the least. They may be decent actors in their own right (I don't know much about either of them), but it doesn't shine through whatsoever here. The same goes for any other pirate, Indian, or Lost Boy...they don't produce a connection to any character. Again, however, this was likely in large part due to the "polished turd" effect of such a stinker script.One special note: What probably (more than anything) gave me the confidence to pull this review out of rock-bottom (1-star) status was the performance of Bob Hoskins as Smee, reprising his role from Steven Spielberg's "Hook". He is an absolute joy to watch and steals nearly ever scene he's involved in!Overall, a miniseries prequel of this nature can be judged successful only if, after watching, the viewer can judge it worthy of the original material's "canon". I cannot make that claim for "Neverland". It doesn't really cheapen the canon in any way, but just completely fails to execute what could have been a decent idea instead. If you are looking for a "Pan fix", go watch "Hook" again instead...you'll get much more out of it than this prolonged piece of mediocrity.

I was always a big fan of the story of Peter Pan growing up but I always wondered how Peter Pan came to be in Neverland and where Tinkerbell came from etc.. This story answers some long over due questions while remaining true to the original books. I really do love stories or films that expand upon an original idea and breathe new life into it, this mini- series did just that. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a more mature refreshing take on Peter Pan..The actor playing Peter Pan was very likable,Rhys Ifans did a very good job as the rouge Hook and Anna Faris very much surprised me with her witty take as Captain Bonny especially the good accent, ..As soon as this mini series started I knew I was about to watch something special and I was certainly not disappointed!!

the most amazing movie i have ever seen i just wish for more movies i would pay a lot for them i am a big fan and this movie was very well done, funny, clever and had me at the edge of my seat i would strongly recommend it. i loved all the rolls the actors played. it had me laughing and in suspense i watched both parts numerously and have enjoyed it every time,i am addicted, i loved the leading roll Charlie Rowe I thought he was very talented and i would love to see him in more movies, all the actors where very talented and all the rolls where played so well i couldn't stop watching it everyone i showed it to, loved it also i also wish it had gotten better reviews i would strongly rate this movie a 10/10 <3.

The beginning was boring. Peter is a complete IDIOT. Read RottenToothDecay's thread "Terrible" he summed up almost everything, except a few things. Why did the faries trust Peter in the first place? Why did they think HE would be able to help them get rid of the pirates? Why didn't they give their powers to the indians? The indians respected them and helped them! So why would they give their powers to Peter and NOT TO THE INDIANS??!!! Oh, they gave him their powers because he has innocence. But he's a dumba--!! Even when he saw that Hook betrayed him and the other kids, he decided to trust him AGAIN!! After all that happened. At the end, Tinkerbell had an idea to let the pirates go back to London so that they could get the orb back and give it to the other faries. And maybe the faries would forgive Peter and take all the humans back to Earth. Excellent Idea! But does Peter think so? NO!! The dumba-- stops Hook from stabbing the orb and fights the pirates off and at the end, more people die and nothing gets resolved. In my opinion, Tinkerbell is the only person in this WHOLE series that was SANE. Even though she doesn't appear in the show that much. Nobody in the show was likable, except for Tinkerbell. Everybody else came off as stupid or useless.