Wendy

With its documentary feel and taste for the fantastical, Wendy walks in the shoes of Beasts of the Southern Wild, the Ben Zeitlin film that was one of the must-sees of 2012. Wendy isn’t going to fare so well, not least because that tune’s already been played. As the title hints, it’s a variation on JM Barrie’s Peter Pan story, which writer/director Zeitlin has refreshingly shifted out to Louisiana (location of Beasts), taking his version of Barrie’s kids down a social rung or two in the process. They’re the rambunctious, happy brood who live right by the railroad tracks where their hard-pressed and careworn mother runs a diner. But life changes for imaginative, … Read more