Depp delights in hit and miss 'Finding Neverland'
The concept of the biopic is sort of ridiculous because lives aren't stories, though they often contain some. That's why it's refreshing that "Finding Neverland," in telling "Peter Pan" author J. M. Barrie's story, relates one episode in the author's life without dwelling on ridiculous details of the subject's "past," that is, the traumatic childhood experiences to which too many people ascribe all the world's problems. I'm thinking of the disingenuous preachiness of "Kinsey," which displayed more interest in simplifications and prescriptions than character.