Come Away

Name: Come Away
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: November 13, 2020
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Anna Chancellor, Ava Fillery, Carter Thomas, Clarke Peters

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Relativity Media | Release Date: November 13, 2020 | PG

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Anna Chancellor, Ava Fillery, Carter Thomas, Clarke Peters, Damian O'Hare, David Gyasi, David Oyelowo, Derek Jacobi, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jenny Galloway, Jonathan Garcia, Jordan Nash, Keira Chansa, Michael Caine, Reece Yates, Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Summary: Eight-year-old Alice (Keira Chansa), her mischievous brother Peter (Jordan A. Nash) and their brilliant older sibling David (Reece Yates) let their imaginations run wild one blissful summer in the English countryside. Encouraged by their parents Jack and Rose (David Oyelowo and Angelina Jolie), the kids' make-believe tea parties, swordEight-year-old Alice (Keira Chansa), her mischievous brother Peter (Jordan A. Nash) and their brilliant older sibling David (Reece Yates) let their imaginations run wild one blissful summer in the English countryside. Encouraged by their parents Jack and Rose (David Oyelowo and Angelina Jolie), the kids' make-believe tea parties, sword fights and pirate ship adventures come to an abrupt end when tragedy strikes. Peter, eager to prove himself a hero to his grief-stricken and financially-struggling parents, journeys with Alice to London, where they try to sell a treasured heirloom to the sinister pawnshop owner known as C.J. (David Gyasi). Returning home, Alice seeks temporary refuge in a wondrous rabbit hole while Peter permanently escapes reality by entering a magical realm as leader of the "Lost Boys."… Expand

Director: Brenda Chapman

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 94 min

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Lorry Kikta

Nov 11, 2020

Come Away is just a heart-rending, joyful, and gorgeous movie that everyone should take their kids to go see. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Nov 11, 2020

There are moments when the fanfic speculations of “Come Away” feel too forced and downright cockamamie; the plot, probably inevitable, becomes schematic and the near-constant state of magical thinking too sticky-sweet for words. But the enterprise is ennobled by Chapman's sense of style and a consistently strong set of performances, especially from Jolie and Oyelowo. Read full review

Empire Ben Travis

Dec 17, 2020

It never quite tumbles into Wonderland, but the ambition at play — and a top cast of supporting players — is just enough to let Come Away off the Hook. Read full review

Elizabeth Montgomery

Nov 11, 2020

Between the siblings' adventure scenes, family tragedies and familiar characters it's hard to stay engaged with a film so gloomy, sad and sluggish. In the end, you’re left wondering what was real, whether it was all just a dream or if you're just too grown up to understand. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Nov 14, 2020

That it has so little new to say, and replaces spirited fantasy with an overbearing glumness, is just disappointing. Read full review

John DeFore

Nov 11, 2020

An airless film about childhood fantasies that comes to life only fitfully, Brenda Chapman's Come Away is aimed at children but so pickled in grown-up grief that few kids are likely to connect with it. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Nov 13, 2020

Come Away evokes memories of “Radio Flyer,” the equally appalling 1992 child abuse drama where fantasy and cruel reality merged in ways that were shockingly offensive. Read full review

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thiago777

Nov 2, 2021

The film is not defined by who thinks they are critical or who thinks they will be critical or things like that, the film is amazing and the films are very personal, there are people who like it or not, but I really liked the film and Keira Chansa is beautiful and act well

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Teamcoy

Nov 22, 2020

Honestly, don’t know why everyone rated this movie so bad. I enjoyed it from beginning to end.

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viroodiem

Nov 13, 2020

One word review: Offensive.

Five Word review: Offensive pandering cultural appropriation. Stop. Full review: Lets get the good out of the way here first. It is a retelling and reimagining of Peter pan that is not from the #EvilestCorporationOnEarth. Moreover it is effectively a movie forOne word review: Offensive.

Five Word review: Offensive pandering cultural appropriation. Stop.

Full review: Lets get the good out of the way here first. It is a retelling and reimagining of Peter pan that is not from the #EvilestCorporationOnEarth. Moreover it is effectively a movie for children devoid of that "magic" influence which in and of itself is a positive. Secondly it is a DARK reimagining of it. Much closer to the source material and again that is definitely a big positive in this productions favor. To some that seems inappropriate but I point to the whole of Grimms fairy tales and more modern classics like The Secret Of NIHM or 9 that show that dark stories are in fact positive for children. Beyond that you get adequate performances out of Jolie Oyelowo and Michael Caine as you would expect from actors of their caliber. The children are a much more mixed and all together inadequate bag, even for child actors. That is a big problem for a film focused around children Sadly thats where the good ends. .

The film is eye rollingly preachy and unwatchable. Finger wagging you to death about how much white guilt you should feel. It is also insulting to the audiences it panders to because it is taking a white narrative and transposing it over black actors as if that is good enough, instead of drawing from the rich narrative history from various black cultural childrens stories. This is done specifically because audiences like safe, familiar things and those stories are basically unknown to mass audiences. So instead of taking a chance of telling an authentic and appropriate story the hope was casting black actors into a white narrative would be sufficient. Unfortunately it has exactly the opposite effect of being offensive to both white and POC parents alike. So both will skip showing it to their children.

The overall production could have been so much better. It suffers a lot of not fourth wall breaking "suspension of disbelief" requirement inherent to kids films as plot threads unravel out aimlessly. The pacing is bland and unimaginative. Slow and plodding its way with all the pretension and foppishness of a Downton Abbey that will either cause children to get bored and become rambunctious, thus negating the purpose of children's entertainment, Or lull them to sleep, thus negating the purpose of being entertainment. Ill grant the whole thing a 4. Its far from the worst thing Ive ever seen. I am trying to give credit to all the people who worked to make it. That said it fails to be what every video media is supposed to be. Entertaining which is the cardinal sin of movies & TV. Doing so in such an insulting and pandering method leaves the good work the performers TRIED to accomplish as something completely unwatchable. This is basically empty theater/living room entertainment at its most unwatchable.… Expand

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Prostomawka

Jan 13, 2021

Повестка ради повестки и ничего более. Даже фильмом язык не поворачивается это назвать

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meydianarizki21

May 1, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie was okay. But, I do not think it should be rated PG. Mostly because of the topics. 1) Rose (Angelina Jolie) turns to alcohol to deal with the grief of her son, David (Reece Yates). Young kids who see this will think of alcohol as a way to cope with stressful situations which is not something you would want to promote in a children's movie. 2) Then, Alice (Keira Chansa) finds the bottle in her mother's drawer and proceeds to drink what's left in the bottle causing her to feel dizzy and end up in a new world (kind of like being drunk). Keep in mind, Alice is only eight. She uses this "potion" as an escape (she even says "Take me away" before she drinks it). I did enjoy the movie, but I don't think the rating is appropriate. I also don't really think the movie's target audience's age (most likely younger children as it is fantasy and has Peter Pan and Alice) would understand the topics being discussed (the father's issues as an example). And it kind of put a tragic spin on childhood favorites if I'm going, to be honest. Basically, there were a lot of non-child friendly topics (i.e; alcoholism, gambling, fraud, torture, etc.)..
There also was not much magic/fantasy in it. The themes were depressing and tragic. Also, if you think about the ending, Peter most likely ended up running away from home and living in the streets with the gang they met previously. It went from imagination to hallucinations in my opinion.
Otherwise, it was a decent movie. Great acting and cinematography.… Expand

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darkfordragon

Nov 26, 2020

This film is simply disgusting for what it was filmed for. This is not a film, it cannot be called that, this is just propaganda of liberalism, which is already enough everywhere. I'm so tired of this.

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snorkiss

Dec 30, 2020

A hollow Hollywood agenda fuelled film that would be hilarious if it wasn't so offensive - 0 stars

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