stop the hate. the movie was awesome!!

I think it's a very good movie but what held it back from being a classic is Julia Roberts got on my nerves with her performance as Tinker Bell.

Underrated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzEUJo8Ha1Q

It's definitely not top tier Steven Spielberg. But it's got issues with pacing, some of the casting of the kids ain't great and Julia Roberts always felt miscast.

But Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams and Bob Hoskins are all great. The sets are fantastic and John Williams score is great. It's got enough stuff in it that it makes it into Spielberg "Not great but still a fun watch" tier.

My brother and I were huge fans of Peter Pan when we were little. We loved this movie as kids :D

The criticism you're hearing is from people who had the misfortune of being adults when this movie came out and were judging it from an adult's perspective, rather than a child's.