Wendy

2020 Directed by Benh Zeitlin

A re-imagining of the classic tale 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.

Tommie Lynn Milazzo Shay Walker Devin France Gage Naquin Yashua Mack Gavin Naquin Ahmad Cage Krzysztof Meyn

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Popular reviews

Review by Ethan Warren ★★ 2

Just the worst of all possible outcomes for the followup to one of my favorite movies, holy shit.
Review to come at BWDR in the coming weeks if I can mend by broken heart enough to find the words.
Review by DanielArthur 2

All the feels. This was really something special.
Review by Cameron

This movie wasn't on my radar since I haven't seen Beasts of the Southern Wild yet, until I saw it's trailer a week ago, and those two minutes alone have had so much beautiful energy in them that I haven't been able to shake it from my mind for a week.
Review by Matt Oakes ★★½ 1

Benh Zeitlin joined a very exclusive club of first-time filmmakers in their 20’s to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Director when his debut Beasts of the Southern Wild broke out. In the years since earning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and an Oscar nod to boot, Zeitlin withdrew from the spotlight, whittling away to rebrand the Peter Pan story with his signature Zeitlinisms. Retelling the James Matthew Barrie fantasy with all the semi-grounded, semi-gritty magical realism that propelled Beasts, Zeitlin paints himself into a bit of a corner, refusing to grow up as a director.
Visually, Wendy benefits from being filmed on an actual active Caribbean volcano but like its bubbling-over shoot location spews mostly hot air. The…
Review by Kevin Wozniak ★★★★

An absolutely gorgeous movie.
Welcome back, Benh Zeitlin!
Review by Adriano Mirchou ★★★★

Film #4 at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Magical and moving. Welcome back Benh Zeitlin!

Recent reviews

Review by Chris Evangelista ★★½

I didn’t hate this like seemingly everyone else (and I LOVED the music) but it’s was a mistake to make the movie 15 hours long and give it six different endings. #Sundance2020
Review by Jon Negroni ★★½

I was really into this up until I realized it wasn’t a short film.
All kidding aside, the concept is more captivating than the movie itself. It’s cleanly gluing the Peter Pan story onto the WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE film, but it never really works as an American retelling of the classic tale.
I hate to say it, but aside from the messy narrative, the film’s major drawback is in its characters. The young actors are clearly giving it their all, but I didn’t connect with a single one, and Wendy’s self-serious intensity was particularly grating by the end, and I couldn’t wait for it to be over.
Still, it’s a beautiful film as we should expect from Benh…
Review by Matt Neglia ★★ 1

WENDY features a soaring score by Dan Romer & Terrence Malik-like visuals that will unlock your imagination & remind you of what it means to be a kid again. It also has a messy, disappointing & at times incoherent screenplay that reminds you of what it means to be an adult today. We waited 8 years for Benh Zeitlin to return and its sadly a mixed letdown.
Review by Zach Pope ★★★★

#Wendy feels like pure magic and joy for two hours. Takes you back to when you were a kid and makes you feel like you’re one of the lost boys. This retelling is beautiful, brilliant, and most of all Loving. #SundanceFilmFestival
Review by Rosalie Kicks ★★½

This was a check your watch multiple times, beautifully shot, well acted flick. I am done with Peter Pan renditions - I shall watch them no more! At least this one didn’t feature the hit single, “Teen Spirit” tho. It does have that going for it.
Review by Marynell ★★★★★

Beautiful. A film for all ages, cried multiple times
Review by Michael Dean ★★★★★

Sundance 2020 film festival
Wowowowow. I've seen so many great films this festival. This one is one of the best things I've ever seen. I don't know how to ever get this profound, talented, or create such awe inspiring moments.
Review by Riley Bradford ★★★½

The sun set each day but we didn’t count how many times.
Review by jorgemol ★★★★½

Childhood is unsustainable, adulthood is unbearable, and life is somewhere in the middle