Sorry, this movie sucks

Best movie of this year hands down!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

I run an entertainment review blog with a friend of mine, and for some reason, we have an obsession with watching the live NBC musicals to see how bad they can actually get. We watched Sound of Music, which is bad, but it was so hilariously bad that I would recommend you watching it. However, I can not do that for this.It was better. Far better than the Sound of Music. But, that made it unfunny. It was a massive waste of time. I have parts of my wall that I haven't stared at, and I would have rather done that.The set was cheap and awful. It was like looking at a primary school play with a set that the children made themselves. Especially Neverland. THEY HAD TO WRITE NEVERLAND ON THE FLOOR SO THE VIEWERS KNEW WHERE THEY WERE! Also, some of the set and camera work was truly awful. You could literally see the cables that were tied to everyone to make the illusion of flight. Also, I swear I saw a part of the roof in one of the scenes, and the lighting when Peter/Allison Williams got her shadow was SO BAD. You could still see her reflection on the floor! I mean, even the previously mentioned primary school play's lighting is better than that. And the audio. I could hear more fuzz then dialogue! Like, seriously! I thought someone was just controlling Christopher Walken with strings. His enthusiasm seemed about as high as me watching the thing. (But when he forgot his line, I cried with laughter. That was hilarious.) It may seem like I'm just saying technical issues that doesn't really matter to the regular viewer, but it is bad. I love the original movie, and I'm sure the stage play is just as amazing, but this makes me cringe. It makes me feel so bad about what this years The Wiz Live! will be and I just don't understand how they can keep making these.

I have watched this twice now (missed part of the original broadcast), the second time with local kids. They absolutely were enchanted. I really believe the problem so many reviewers are having (we can see the wires, why is a girl playing Peter, blah blah) is the reaching for an adult sense of cynicism.With the exception of an oddly-stone-faced Captain Hook (why not make him have an over-reaching evil expression?) I think the actors were very good, with some acquiring excellence. The sets were what they should be - obvious fantasies -- and the music, while mostly familiar, coupled with simple, easily-filmed choreography, was fun, especially "I Won't Grow Up." Could it have been better? Not with the film restrictions of a live broadcast. I would say this revealed and displayed convincingly the "innocence on the reluctant edge of adulthood."

I thoroughly enjoyed this production. I am not a critic so I will not comment on lighting etc., as some others have. As a 57 year old who refuses to grow up, and who also saw the Mary Martin production, I thought this one was great! I was very impressed with Allison Williams and the whole cast. Christopher Walken was entertaining and the two boys who played John and Michael were very good. I was impressed with those two, as the younger boy had no prior acting experience. I did not notice any lip syncing as someone else mentioned, and I wouldn't have cared if they had. The sets were colorful and beautiful. The voices were great and the production went very smoothly, which was great for a live performance. Peter Pan live was a wonderful, entertaining, and welcome distraction from the garbage and news that is on television now. I hope that NBC continues with the live productions every December.

I loved the songs like "Is it Just for Pretend" , "Never Grow Up" and the insult song Pan and Hook sing to one another. It was a well acted, well sung production. Allison Williams was great. I have never heard of her before this and she was a great Peter Pan with her androgynous look in the makeup and costume. She has a very nice singing voice. Christopher Walken was hilarious, perfect choice for Hook. The dance numbers with the Lost Boys and the Pirates and Hook were fun to watch. I did not notice big gaffs in this live show. It did seem that Peter Pan flew a little slow but this was so minor. I recorded it and have been re watching it.