Neverwas [HD]

Making the Ordinary and the 'Unordinary' Extraordinary
NEVERWAS, a little miracle of a movie written and directed by Joshua Michael Stern, is an allegory, a fairytale, a dissection of the impact of mental illness on parents and children, and story of compassion, believing, and blossoming of character that was created with a sterling ensemble of actors in 2005, failed to find a niche in theatrical distribution, and went straight to DVD - becoming one of those limited release films that is very elusive even in the megavideo stores. The reasons for this relative anonymity are not clear, but film lovers will do well searching out this little gem: the rewards are immediate gratification and long lasting satisfaction.

Narrated by Ian McKellan who plays a major role in the film, the story concerns the return of psychiatrist Zachary Riley/Small (Aaron Eckhart) to an obsolete mental institution named Millhouse, the hospital where his author father T.L. Pierson (Nick Nolte) ended his days in suicide, having suffered from bipolar...

My new Favorite Movie
I am a huge movie watcher, and I must say this is one of the best written, directed, acted and filmed movies I've seen in a while. It had me worried as I didn't know how the movie was going until the end. And I think it is a beautiful movie and of course Ian Mckellen is incredible. The one mistake I made was thinking it was a fantasy, and it is not. If you go into this with more of a feel-good dramatic movie that is very cleaver in its filming, you can really appriciate it. Then watch it a second time, after you know the story and see how cleaverly it is written. This is a wonderful movie

Absolutely wonderful!
This was one of the best films I have ever seen. I, probably like many others began watching this film thinking it was a fantasy children's film, but soon realized it was much more. Having just finished a semester of mental health nursing made this film was even more facinating. It was wonderfully acted, directed and filmed. I thought it was one of Nick Nolte's best performances and I love anything Ian McKellen is in, he's always wonderful. But I think what I really loved about this film was that it touches on innocence, fantasy, reality, the very human elements that many people overlook in their fast-paced busy lives, what lies behind some mental illnesses, and what is labelled (sometimes mistakenly) as mental illness. This story touched on so many elements that I know I have probably missed some. I intend to watch it several more times and fully expect to see stuff that I missed on the first go-around. And, although it has it's sad moments, it has a happy ending. For those...

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