Peter Pan & Wendy might have broken a recent Disney tradition and not in a good way. The House of Mouse has been dominating the pop culture landscape with Marvel and Star Wars for a long time now. But that’s not all. The company has also started making live-action remakes of its hit animated films.
Aladdin and The Lion King were mega hits. Peter Pan & Wendy was also supposed to follow in their footsteps but seems like it has failed to do so. The audience score on Rotten Tomatoes for the film is shockingly low. Generally, for such films, it is the critic score that stays heavily lower than the audience one. But here the opposite has happened.
Peter Pan & Wendy Heavily Disappoint Fans Of The Classic Tale
Directed by David Lowery, Peter Pan & Wendy is a pretty faithful adaptation of the 1953 Peter Pan animated film. But some creative liberties have been taken to update the story. Now, the romantic rivalry between Wendy (Ever Anderson) and Tinker Bell (Yara Shahidi) has been turned into a friendship, there are now girls in the Lost Boys, and many such little tidbits have been included to make sure the story is palatable for the 2023 audience.
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But it seems like audiences didn’t prefer this updated version because the film premiered with a disastrous 13% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Here’s the tweet:
‘PETER PAN & WENDY’ is currently with a 13% at the Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes 🍅
It’s one of the lowest audience scores ever for a Disney movie.
Read our review: https://t.co/Iqm77WZCz6 pic.twitter.com/cubBIOXc5G
— The Hollywood Handle (@hollywoodhandle) May 8, 2023
The critics aren’t too happy with the film as well. Many are calling it a rote Disney adaptation zapped out of color where the director’s vision hasn’t been allowed to flourish. Complaints about the film being boring and lacking the charm of the original are everywhere. But even then they have collectively bestowed a respectable 64% on the movie.
Fans and the general public think that critics have been too generous this time around. Many feel that the new remake hasn’t succeeded in conveying the core message of the original film- that one has to grow up whether one wants to or not. Due to all such presumed faults, fans have brutally trolled the film.
Fans Troll The New Disney Live-Action Remake
Fans of classic Disney films are already split on the live-action remakes the House of Mouse is churning out. There have been endless debates on whether those classics should be revived in the modern era and that too through live-action. While audiences loved what Aladdin and The Lion King had to offer, that doesn’t seem to be the case for Peter Pan & Wendy. In fact, fans of the classic are brutally trolling Disney for putting out this film.
Here’s what they are saying:
Well deserved – it is just bad.
— Sorcerer (@KlockerNiklas) May 8, 2023
I think it's time we tell Disney to take a break from these live-action remakes….
— Courtney (@CourtneyandNess) May 9, 2023
I saw a review saying the first 40 min were unbearable and then it gets better. Based on the trailer alone it didn’t look too promising. The Little Mermaid trailer at least seems enjoyable
— carson alexander (@carcarxan) May 9, 2023
tinkerbell was the highlight of this movie ngl
— 🧜🏽♀️17 DAYS BEFORE TLM!!🐡 (@MermaidHalleB) May 8, 2023
Disney is on a roll.
— Dana Lane (@DanaLaneSports) May 8, 2023
That’s what they get for changing everything
— MIKΣΨ (@bigram_99) May 8, 2023
But not everyone agrees with the audience score. Many think that there’s heavy review bombing going on because of the diverse casting changes made in the film. Others are of the view that fans of the classic Peter Pan are being unjustifiably harsh on the film and not seeing it as its own thing. It now remains to be seen if the audience score rises over the next week.
Peter Pan & Wendy is now streaming on Disney+.
Source: Twitter
