Neverwas (2005)

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Neverwas: Directed by Joshua Michael Stern. With Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte. A psychiatrist searches for insight into the life of his father, who was an acclaimed children’s author. But he is shocked when his journey leads him to believe that the fantasy-land his father wrote about might actually exist.

“In some ways this film is reminiscent of films such as u0026quot;The Fisher Kingu0026quot; and u0026quot;They Might be Giantsu0026quot;. In both of those films the central idea was that the mad have a separate reality. In this story, the main character, Zachary, is a psychiatrist attempting to understand the nature of his fatheru0026#39;s madness. He takes a position at a mental institution where his father had been hospitalized. There he meets and becomes friends with an old man, Gabriel, who knew his father while they were both inmates. He comes to realize that the old manu0026#39;s delusion was the basis for his fatheru0026#39;s inspiration as a childrenu0026#39;s fantasy writer. After his father is u0026quot;curedu0026quot; through the use of psychotropic drugs of his manic-depression, he loses his will to write. His son had been an integral part of the writing process and when that part of his fatheru0026#39;s life is over, he feels betrayed. Their relationship is destroyed and the boy, now the psychiatrist, is seeking to come to grips with his unresolved pain. Gabriel is convinced that Zachary has come to rescue him from his enemies and draws him back into the fantasy world. The climax comes when Zachary must either choose between the realities or try to integrate them. The ending is logical and works, but itu0026#39;s too easy. Zachary takes his stand and the world accommodates itself, no problem. The ending should have been edgier. They should have had to work at it more. It is unsatisfying but everything that has gone before is is quite good. There is some high-powered talent at work here among the supporting character actors and they alone make it worthwhile.”

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