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Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting

6.6

Tuck Everlasting

PG·2002·90m

Summary

Teenager Winnie Foster is growing up in a small rural town in 1914 with her loving but overprotective parents, but Winnie longs for a life of greater freedom and adventure.

Crew

Director

Jay Russell

Novel

Natalie Babbitt

Screenplay

James V. Hart

Screenplay

Jeffrey Lieber

Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

October 15, 2020

7

Good, but could've been far greater.

I'm extremely intrigued by the concept of <em>'Tuck Everlasting'</em>. That's not to say it's anything incredibly revolutionary, but it's a premise that they could've done so much more with. I won't spoil what the main thing is, but it's certainly interesting. The first half of the film is excellent, it just disappointingly doesn't go that extra mile.

Alexis Bledel (how the heck is that <i>not</i> Robin Tunney?!) is enjoyable as Winnie, while Jonathan Jackson does well as Jesse. Ben Kingsley is, at least in my opinion, the best performer on display - I love the look of his character, who is elusively only referred to as "The Man in the Yellow Suit". Huge potential there.

Unfortunately, I come way from this feeling underwhelmed - despite the film doing a lot of positive things, including the score. Shame.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$15,000,000.00

Revenue:

$19,158,074.00

Keywords

based on novel or book
immortality
fountain of youth
forest
woods
teenage crush
teenage girl
teenage boy
mysterious stranger