{"id":227587,"date":"2023-05-04T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=287159"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:19:15","slug":"peter-pan-wendy-best-live-action-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/peter-pan-wendy-best-live-action-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Pan &amp; Wendy: the best Disney live action?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s finally happened: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/trailer-wish-disney?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney <\/a>has made a live action of its<\/strong> <strong>animated films that doesn&#8217;t make you want to run out and watch the original film<\/strong>. Ok, ok\u2026 maybe I&#8217;m exaggerating a bit with this premise, but considering that we&#8217;ve just come off the back of such barbarities as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/tom-hanks-modified-artificial-intelligence?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pinocchio<\/a><\/strong>, Mulan and <strong>The Lion Kin<\/strong>g, and that we&#8217;re about to see others that look terrible &#8211; ahem, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/are-you-ready-for-the-new-trailer-of-the-little-mermaid?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Little Mermaid<\/strong><\/a>, ahem &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t hurt to celebrate a film that has done well.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/246b1fd4-6164-4c6f-9318-27e1cb587dc6\/3237066594\/disney-plus-logo\" alt=\"Disney+\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Disney+<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/Kjja09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">SUBSCRIBE<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/Kjja09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This film is none other than <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/peter-pan-wendy-leads-disney-plus-most-anticipated-premieres-in-april?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peter Pan &amp; Wendy<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>the somewhat loose adaptation of 1953&#8217;s Peter Pan<\/strong> which, 70 years after the original &#8211; it is soon to be said &#8211; has once again proved that James Matthew Barrie&#8217;s story never goes out of fashion. Clearly, if you put your heart into it, it is still one of the best children&#8217;s stories that can be adapted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Pan and Wendy | Official Trailer | Disney+\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hfJhjoVu-Jc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, <strong>Peter Pan &amp; Wendy has a big problem: it has only been released on Disney Plus<\/strong>. This is something that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-quest-nicolas-cage-canceled-disney-plus?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney<\/a><\/strong> has been doing for some time now with live action films that it considers &#8220;minor&#8221;. It has happened with Pinocchio or Lady and the Tramp, and Peter Pan &amp; Wendy has also had to suffer the consequences of a year in which <strong>The Little Mermaid<\/strong> is getting all the attention in cinemas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the promotion of the film has been rather lacking. Not only does it have a smaller budget than most <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-i-meet-your-father-season-2-arrives-with-neil-patrick-harris-at-disney-plus?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney <\/a><\/strong>remakes, but it has not been given any hype. But the result, despite all this, has been fantastic, so we are here to vindicate <strong>one of the best exercises in nostalgia well understood.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/eaf4c4acf73740c631948827fa7aff18_2732x4096_fb2c0e0e-H-2023.jpg?w=1296\" alt=\"Peter Pan &amp; Wendy' Review: Jude Law &amp; Yara Shahidi in Retelling \u2013 The  Hollywood Reporter\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Lowery: Disney&#8217;s best asset<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The main factor that makes <strong>Peter Pan &amp; Wendy<\/strong> so good is the direction. <strong>The camera keeps moving all the time<\/strong>, as if it were another Neverland fairy, and every shot seems to be taken from a painting. Thanks to its technical prowess, the film never lets up, and the pace surpasses that of the animated film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, <strong>the actors are surprisingly good<\/strong>. Despite the fact that most of them are children, almost all of them work perfectly. Ever Anderson Jovovich&#8217;s Wendy &#8211; and she&#8217;s <strong>the daughter of Milla Jovovic and director Paul W. S. Anderson<\/strong> &#8211; proves that she has nothing to envy her mother in front of the screen, and gives one of the best performances of all the remakes we&#8217;ve seen in the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Peter-Pan-Wendy_trailer-01_screenshot-01.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Peter Pan y Wendy', cr\u00edtica: un segundo aire para el cl\u00e1sico\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand,<strong> Alexander Molony&#8217;s Peter Pan manages to convey the charisma and stubbornness of the animated character<\/strong>, and although at times he almost makes us love <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jude-law-wallpaper.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jude Law&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> Captain Hook more than he does himself, he proves to be a phenomenal Pan. Law, by the way, achieves something very complex: he doesn&#8217;t look ridiculous or outlandish in his performance as Hook. He is the pirate we all know, not a mere disguise, and now he also manages to make us empathise with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the worst performer is Yara Shahidi&#8217;s Tinkerbell. This adaptation could have done without her role almost entirely and it would have worked just as well, but she is compensated for by some lost children &#8211; including <strong>Disney&#8217;s first Down&#8217;s Syndrome<\/strong> actor, Noah Matthews &#8211; who are on a par with the main characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But how has a story as seemingly old and forgotten as Peter Pan been made to work like clockwork? The key lies in the person in the director&#8217;s chair:<strong> David Lowery<\/strong>. With very few films to his credit, but very striking, Lowery has become one of Hollywood&#8217;s biggest up-and-comers, and has little to envy from filmmakers of the stature of Jordan Peele or Ari Aster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-2.57.57-PM.png\" alt=\"Jude Law as Captain Hook in Peter Pan: He Never Broke Character on Set -  Variety\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The director made his name with Ain&#8217;t Them Bodies Saints (2013), but has made it to the top with two fantasy films that have conquered festivals and platforms: <strong>A Ghost Story (2017) and The Green Knight (2021)<\/strong>. But he is also the genius behind another of Disney&#8217;s best adaptations: Peter and the Dragon (2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between independent gems that show his pulse as a director and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/if-you-go-to-disney-world-wear-pants-for-your-safety?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney <\/a><\/strong>adaptations that reveal his good work in the mainstream, <strong>Lowery has become one of the few great auteurs<\/strong> who can make big studio films. And in Peter Pan &amp; Wendy he has proved it once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imagenes.20minutos.es\/files\/og_thumbnail\/uploads\/imagenes\/2023\/04\/28\/peter-pan-y-wendy.jpg\" alt=\"Qu\u00e9 es el live-action? El formato que emplea 'Peter Pan y Wendy' y otros  remakes de Disney\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new victim of Review Bombing.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite working perfectly and being a great film for the little ones, Peter Pan &amp; Wendy doesn&#8217;t have great scores on Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic, and the explanation is quite simple: it has suffered a textbook review bombing. As happened with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/trailer-for-the-marvels-when-it-releases-and-how-many-more-trailers-we-expect?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Captain Marvel<\/a><\/strong>, the female version of Ghostbusters or the She-Hulk series, the most toxic users of <strong>the internet have flocked to rate it badly on the review pages,<\/strong> something that is sure to happen again with The Little Mermaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason? Easy: <strong>neither Peter Pan nor Tinkerbell are white<\/strong>. Tinkerbell in particular has provoked a lot of complaints among those who consider themselves fans (lol) of the original film. Add to that the fact that there are girls among the Lost Boys and Hook&#8217;s pirates, and that there is a child with Down&#8217;s Syndrome, and Disney&#8217;s allright has his head completely exploded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografias.larazon.es\/clipping\/cmsimages02\/2023\/05\/02\/5202BE61-6C6D-4E5B-94E4-7F2B83748562\/98.jpg?crop=1200,675,x0,y23&amp;width=1900&amp;height=1069&amp;optimize=low&amp;format=webply\" alt=\"Disney se la pega con la versi\u00f3n woke de \" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Precisely, the best thing about Peter Pan &amp; Wendy is <strong>how it manages to mix the classic elements of the story with a much more modern and functional narrative<\/strong>. Without shoehorned messages, it manages to tell a story of friendship between Peter Pan and Hook that works much better than in the original film, and adapts the role of Wendy, making the character much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, <strong>Peter Pan &amp; Wendy is going to go somewhat unnoticed<\/strong> both because of its online release and its hatred by the less inclusive. But it is one of the few grains of gold to be found among all the sands of current <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-accident-of-jeremy-renner-starring-in-the-weekly-releases-of-disney-plus?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney <\/a><\/strong>remakes and live actions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/246b1fd4-6164-4c6f-9318-27e1cb587dc6\/3237066594\/disney-plus-logo\" alt=\"Disney+\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Disney+<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/Kjja09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">SUBSCRIBE<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/Kjja09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How has Peter Pan &amp; Wendy become one of Disney&#8217;s best live action movies?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9257,"featured_media":227588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-227587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320564,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227587\/revisions\/320564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227587"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=227587"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=227587"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=227587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}