Tuck Everlasting

Name: Tuck Everlasting
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Family
Released: October 11, 2002
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Alexis Bledel, Jonathan Jackson, Sissy Spacek, William Hurt

2002

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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: October 11, 2002 | PG

Starring: Alexis Bledel, Jonathan Jackson, Sissy Spacek, William Hurt

Summary: Based on the magical, award-winning book by Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting captures the dreamlike story that has enchanted readers for two generations. (Disney)

Director: Jay Russell

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 90 min

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C.W. Nevius

Perhaps the best teen date movie ever set in the year 1914, "Tuck" represents a brave leap against the tide. No sex, no car crashes and minimal violence. It just might be a hit. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Not a typical Disney family film -- thank god. Charming and thought-provoking, this is the kind of movie with the sweetness necessary to appeal to younger (although not too young) viewers and the philosophical richness to draw in veteran movie-goers. Read full review

Robert Koehler

Disney's tradition of intelligent, live-action family period cinema is magnificently revived in Tuck Everlasting. Read full review

Ty Burr

These actors offset the modern-day ordinariness of the leads -- Jackson, especially, seems as if he's just driven over from a mall tour -- and so, ultimately, does the exquisite moral dilemma of Tuck Everlasting. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Depends on the magical for the inner workings of its story, and that might not suit viewers desirous of more concrete explanations. But, again, the movie seems just right for the viewers it aims to please. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Unfortunately, Russell paces the film as if trying to demonstrate what eternity feels like. When the plot begs to move forward, the film keeps lingering over friendly fawns and long walks through the forest. Read full review

Ed Park

Bledel, consigned to corsets and croquet, looks so weepy for much of Tuck Everlasting. The reason might lie in a script that favors the starchy demands of period melodrama over her TV show's fizzy screwball banter -- or maybe it's just William Hurt's embarrassing brogue. Read full review

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Ayricangeles

Dec 11, 2014

Fantastic book! It's was funny,sad, and a really good book! I like the plot of the book a lot and how the ending is shown! There is really good figurative language and it uses the 5 seances. The imagery is also good!

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PhoebeY.

Jan 9, 2007

I thought that the movie was pretty good! Their scences of the past seem really real. It kinda followed the writing of the book, but well... not really. Anyways, I really liked it and enjoyed it!

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Zack

May 3, 2007

The book and the movie are so different.... The struggles of living as a 10 year old and a 17 year old are completely different!!!! In my eyes in the movie Winnioe should have been 10. The book was excellent though. The book gets 10.

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JLuis_001

Sep 6, 2018

It's a simple, yet nice romantic drama but you will need patience because the pace is dreadfully slow and I'm sure more than one will be discouraged by it.

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