Best Picture honors

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There seems to be near-unanimous opinion among journos and editors that Marc Forster's Finding Neverland (Miramax, 11.12) is a very prominent contender for Best Picture honors. Baby, I'm amazed. As big a fan as I was of Forster's Everything Put Together and especially Monster's Ball, and as much as I'm looking forward to his next film, Stay, which 20th Century Fox may or may not release at the end of the year (although I'm sensing it may get pushed into '05), I found this delicate period drama about playwright J.M. Barrie's emotional undertow during the creation of 'Peter Pan' way too caring and tender-hearted. It's tailor-made for the more-sensitive-than-thou's. And while I'm on the subject...