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Rating:  - Magically Spellbounding!
Tuck Everlasting definatly deserves five stars! It is the most magical movie of our time. The story is about fifteen-year-old Winnie Foster, (Alexis Bledel), who is a threat about finding out the secret of the Tucks. She meets Jesse, their youngest son, (Johnathan Jackson), and they fall in love. He decides to tell her their secret, that they drank from the spring and can never die. They will live forever. He asks her to drink and live forever with him. She must decide whether or not to drink. Should she live forever with the person she has fallen deeply in love with? Or should she live and die, just as people are ment to? In the end, she is faced with this decision. Winnie has to decide if she loves Jesse enough to live eternity with him and leave everything she has behind.
This movie is a perfect family film. It is also perfect for a date. For anyone who has ever had a dream. It's the mystical fairy tale every girl dreams of. A stand out cast and an excillent movie. This movie will leave you thinking about it for days. Tuck Everlasting is one of the best movies of all time. Every girl will find herself wishing she was Winnie. Magically romantic and makes you feel so good inside at parts. Anyone will absolutly fall in love with this movie!
Rating: - 5 Star Book Makes 5 Star Movie
"Tuck Everlasting" is the (near-perfect) movie adaptation of Natalie Babbitt's classic novel about a young girl who meets a family immortals. If you are looking for a nice family movie or love story, Disney's "Tuck Everlasting" is a fine selection for your viewing pleasure.THE STORY: Winnie Foster, daughter of a wealthy couple, ventures off into her family's woods one day and comes across a mysterious boy, Jesse, and his family, the Tucks, who seem to be "lost in time." Feeling trapped herself in her "too prim and proper" for her family, Winnie feels liberated with the carefree lifestyle of the Tucks. However, the Tuck family secret is something that can very well, and nearly does, bring Winnie's world crumbling down in front of her very eyes. THE DISCUSSION: "Tuck Everlasting" has long been at the top of the list of books the school system loves to have students read, and for very good reason. The story, very carefree but at times a little deep and occasionally dark, provides good discussion fodder on issues such as life and changing society values. Winnie's conflict with her parents' values as well as the ramifications of "eternal life" make great fodder for discussion and meditation. Overall, the movie contains all the great things you could look for in both a love story and a family movie. The relationship between Winnie and Jesse should have most couples all "warm and fuzzy" (or ill to their gut). The movie overall is very light and easy and should be enjoyable for anyone. The violence level is kept to a minimum and the "darker" elements of the story are tame enough to where it shouldn't upset anyone. THE ADAPTATION: Movies based on books are double-edged swords. They either ruin the "meaning" of the books they seek to praise or they themselves become masterpieces (like Harry Potter and Jurassic Park). "Tuck Everlasting" falls into the latter category. I myself read Babbitt's book in elementary and though it's been 16 years I still remember the book quite well. As far as I can tell, this movie was about as true an adaptation as you can get. The main themes and event sequences are translated well onto the big screen. Fans of the book should appreciate this movie. BEST SCENES: 1.Miles' story. This is a very powerful scene that touches very well on the "eternal life" issue. This scene could easily win an award. 2.Jail Break. Hilarious scene!!! 3.Tuck's Talk with Winnie 4.Jesse and Winnie's adventures THE VERDICT: Overall, this movie is a great choice for young couples on a date or family's looking for a nice, clean movie. Yes indeed my friends, it's a chick flick!!! Enjoy. Highly Recommended
Rating: - An Excellent Family Film
Tuck Everlasting is a wonderfully bittersweet family film. Alexis Bledel (WB's Gilmore Girls) stars as Winnie Foster, a 15 year old girl tired of her parents strict reign on her life. When she ventures out into the woods, she discovers Jessie Tuck (Jonathan Jackson) and begins an adventure with the entire Tuck family. A Man in a Yellow Suit (Ben Kingsley) plays a mysterious role, stopping at nothing to locate the Tuck's whereabouts and discover the source of their deep and immortal secret.With a few exceptions, Disney's Tuck Everlasting is true to Natalie Babbitt's classic book. (A couple of scenes are added to the film for dramatic effect and to build character development. In the end, they pay off quite well and it's a shame these scenes never appear in the novel, as they truly enhance the film.) Bledel plays the part of Winnie Foster perfectly. She captures the innocence of youth and the nervousness associated with a first love to a T. She is the perfect actress for the part and Disney hit the nail on the head in casting her. Nevermind that this is her first film, as Bledel's experience from the Gilmore Girls has surely paid off and is demonstrated many times throughout the movie. Jonathan Jackson is also great as Jessie Tuck, an eternal 17 year old who falls in love for the first time. He's an adventurous young man who likes to travel, but his life is forever changed when he meets young Winnie. The remaining cast members also capture their characters' personalities and emotions beautifully. Ironically, however, most of the "big names" (William Hurt, Ben Kingsley, Sissy Spacek) are only secondary roles, as the film truly focuses on the relationship between Jessie and Winnie. Kingsley, talented as ever, plays a great villain while Hurt and Spacek are the perfect "neighborly" folks that everyone wishes they lived next to. The music by William Ross enhances each scene with its own, unique melody. Everything from a music box tune to outdoor dancing to music from the era is present. It's a nice change from the all-too-common mundane music found in many of today's films. Parents should not worry about the "PG" label attributed to Tuck Everlasting. The so-called "Some Violence" is far from gory or bloody and exists in only one or two scenes at best. This is undoubtedly a Disney classic, sure to find its way among other such films as "Old Yeller" and "The Swiss Family Robinson". With a comfortable running time, you won't find yourself shifting in your seat and checking your watch. Disney has outdone itself with a modern classic that you can feel comfortable taking the whole family to see.
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