ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tonight's Best TV Sunday, December 4, 2011
A Daily Guide To Notable Shows
... Neverland
9-11 PM SYFY, MINISERIES DEBUT
It doesn't take long to realize that this two-night miniseries — about Peter Pan's and Captain Hook's origins — could use some pixie dust. In Neverland, Peter (Charlie Rowe) has been raised by Jimmy Hook (Rhys Ifans) in turn-of-the-20th-century London. In return, Peter and his friends pull off burglaries for the shady man. But one heist goes awry when a magical orb they've looted teleports Hook and the kids to Neverland, where they encounter 10-legged crocs, a tribe of Native Americans, and a bumbling band of pirates. Rowe struggles to register, Ifans appears half asleep, Keira Knightley is wasted as the voice of Tinkerbell, and the special effects vary from serviceable to laughable. Instead of soaring, Neverland barely hovers.
RATED: C
— John Young
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