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‘Come Away’ Review: Peter Pan and Alice Are Brother and Sister in This Epic Downer

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Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticFor some, the prospect of former Pixar director Brenda Chapman (“Brave”) making her live-action debut will make “Come Away” seem exciting.

For others, it’s the film’s literary conceit that appeals: What if Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan had been siblings? And then there’s the casting of Angelina Jolie and David Oyelowo as the parents, which suggests certain possibilities in terms of how the story might deal with certain seldom-examined social dynamics within its period setting — possibilities which internet trolls have targeted with racist comments online.Alas, “Come Away” squanders all of these opportunities on a ponderous family drama which even Netflix (where concept is everything and quality is often.

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