Rating: 
Summary: Well done.
Review: I had never heard of author Natalie Babbitt or her book "Tuck Everlasting" until I saw the first preview for the movie. It looked interesting, so I went to my school library, sat down, and read the book in all of two hours. I greatly enjoyed the tale, and I looked forward to the film version.I didn't expect too much, therefore I was pleasantly surprised. With the exception of the invented romance between Winnie and Jesse, the filmmakers didn't stray too far from the book storyline. Even the romance, however, was not overdone. There is an element of romance in the book, since Jesse does ask Winnie to wait for several years until she is of marriageable age, then drink from the spring and live with him forever. This was slightly overemphasized in the movie, but as I said before, it was well done. I thought the movie focused on the issues of life and death/mortality and immortality very well. Tuck's conversation with Winnie on the lake was by far the best section of the book, and I was pleased to find that it was well-crafted in the movie as well. Overall, this movie is an admirable job of a book adaptation, especially from Disney. A solid four stars.
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Summary: Great Book - Average Movie
Review: Tuck Everlasting is not a "bad" movie. Its well made, beautifully shot and features a fantastic cast. The weakness of the movie is found in the fact it is based on such a wonderful book. Natalie Babbitt's book could have been adapted with minimal changes to make a great movie. Unfortunately, like he did with Willie Morris' "My Dog Skip," Director Jay Russell has seen fit to (unnecessarily in my opinion) "rewrite" certain portions of the story. These changes weaken the story and make this a much weaker movie than it could have or should have been. Two changes really stand out. The first is the emphasis on the romance between Winnie and Jesse. In the book the romantic feelings are implied. In the movie, the romance starts almost immediately and takes precedence over her relationships with the other family members which are so important in the book. When Winnie finally finds out the Tucks "secret" in the movie, she experiences none of conflicting feelings towards them that she does in the book. The ending of the movie is also totally changed. While Winnie helps the Tucks (as opposed to just Mae in the book) escape, its more of a farce than anything else. Winnie puts herself much more at risk in the book, her efforts are much more heroic than comical, as they are in the movie. Also, the "choice" that Winnie is given by Jesse is different (instead of "drink this vial when you are 17," it's "drink out of the spring when you have a chance, and I will come back to you.") Instead of Mae and Tuck discovering Winnie's choice, we have Jesse coming back on a motorcycle, arguably to see if she waited for him. This lead my wife to comment that "he sure took his time coming back for her." Finally, the fact that Winnie was buried under a tree was much too Hollywood. I really thought the ending to the movie was pretty "hollywood" and weakened the movie. Tuck everlasting is not a bad movie. My main disappointment with it was the fact that it could have been much, much better had it stuck more closely to the book.
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Summary: Much better than the Country Bears!
Review: About 2 to 5 weeks ago, I was watched the Country Bears, and found it a bad film by Disney, and now they have made it up, they made and came with this movie called "Tuck Everlasting". Which is about a girl that meets teenageer that is 104, and I must say that for being 104, that Jessie Tuck looks better good for his age. The girl is 15 years old and her name is Winfred. The Tucks are immortal, becuase they have discorved a a pond, that makes them living forever, even if they fall, and don't get hurt, or shot but not get hit. As the movie opens, Winfred "Winnie" Foster (Alexis Bledel) has met a stranger in a yellow suit, who is looking for the Tucks. Her parents decide to send her to a school that would manners. She doesn't want to go and runs away from home, and his lost in the woods and she runs into Jessie Tuck (Jonathan Jackson), who tells her to get out of the woods and to go home. But she runs, and runs into Jessie's grumpy brother Miles (Scott Barrstow), who takes her to his mom (Sissy Spaey). Who tells Miles to get his father (William Hurt) from fishing, because "he'll" not what to do with Winnie. I would reccomend this movie to you on dvd, if you love movies in "letter-box" fromat, and if you don't, then you will have to settle for the video tape edition, but a word of warning, if you get this on dvd, there are trailers for other movies like George of the Jungle 2 and Inceptor Gadge 2.
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Summary: The Best Movie Tuck Everlasting
Review: Tuck Everlasting teaches you about life. I think everyone can relate to Winnie Foster. It makes you think should she have drank the water and why? It makes you think would I like to live forever? It makes you think if it was you would you have drank the water? I think you should see the movie if you didn't it's the best!
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Summary: Tuck Everlasting vs the original
Review: I bought this movie before I had viewed it because 20 something years ago I watched a movie also by this name. It was very good and I wanted to see what they had changed from the original. This one was just as good, but a little different from the original, but none the less very well made! They stayed with the same storyline, but a few things were changed in what actually happened in the first one I had seen. I would purchase it again and I am sure I will watch it over and over right along with the first one that was made! Hope everyone enjoys it as much as I have!
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Summary: Well made family film, charming and emtertaining
Review: "Tuck Everlasting" is based on the best-selling children's book by Natalie Babbitt. It is a meticulous production, filled with beautiful cinematography and lovely sets. While it does not quite capture the magic of the novel [perhaps no film could], it does capture the book's main message. [Can't say more without spoiling the plot.] Overall, this is fine family entertainment. The story takes place in a small American town around 1915. Winnie Foster [Alexis Bledel] is the richest but unhappiest girl in town. Her parents are planning to send her far away to a girls' finishing school. The mansion the family lives in is surrounded by thousands of acres of woods, all owned by the Fosters. Deep within these woods lives the Tuck family, so reclusive that everyone seems to have forgotten that they exist. One sunny day Winnie goes for walk in the forest and gets lost. She stumbles upon the handsome young Jesse Tuck [Jonathan Jackson] who is startled both by her presence and her beauty. The rest of the family is less thrilled by her arrival because they have a deep, dark secret. They must decide whether to keep her with them or let her go. Meanwhile, the mysterious Man in the Yellow Suit [Ben Kingsley], who has been tracking the Tucks for years, is close at hand. He knows their secret and will do anything to find them. The main focus of the movie is on Bledel and Jackson, who do a fine job, especially considering that the cast includes much more experienced acting heavyweights at Kingsley, Sissy Spacek and William Hurt. "Tuck Everlasting" doesn't rank as a classic family movie, but it is lovely to look at and quite entertaining.
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Summary: Only 5 Stars??
Review: For one, Jonathan jackson makes a very convincing, (and yes, ladies, tasty) Jesse. The feel and mood of this movie is so whimsical , carefree and incredably freeing it brought back so many memories of the feeling of being truly young and carefree. I hated to see it come to an end. Tuck Everlasting was well paced, and the acting was excellent. If you have already seen this film, be sure to hear the soundtrack. If not, be sure to hear the soundtrack. It is absolutely phemoninal.
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Summary: Tuck Everlasting- A Movie of Everlasting
Review: The movie brought out great qualities and is a joy to watch. The story of Winnie Foster leaves you enjoying life. The movie teaches how to live each day of your life to the fullest. The ending leaves you thinking and wanting more. The movie is great for families and first dates. This is highly reccomended!
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Summary: Not a children's movie
Review: If you are looking for a movie to share with the kids this one isn't it. My children are 6, 9, and 10; they all wandered away and found something else to do. My ten-year-old daughter, who I thought would enjoy it with me, went off and found a book to read. I added a half star to the film for this. The movie is about a family that drinks from a fountain of youth spring while on their way west. More than that, they find they are impervious to harm; even bullets won't kill them. The film is set in 1920 or thereabouts and it has been eighty or eighty-five years since the Tuck family has stopped aging. Now our heroine discovers them. Sound good? Did to me, too. Did you ever go to one of those movies that never seem to get going? The characters are introduced but the story never starts and you find you are squiming in your seat waiting for something to happen? That is the problem with this film. The actors are all fine, the characters are interesting, the scenery is beautiful, the premise is fascinating, but the plot just kind of meanders and never finds its way. There are good bits and pieces here and there but not a whole. The love interest between the youngest Tuck son and our heroine doesn't ring true, I don't believe this was in the book. Somehow a one hundred and four- year-old man in a seventeen-year-old body interested in a sixteen-year-old girl does not feel right. The best part of the film is when Miles, the older Tuck brother, who is a perpetual twenty, tells our heroine the downside to immortality. Heartwrenching scene here, very good. Imagine you are over one hundred years old in a twenty-year-old body and your baby boy is now an eighty-five-year-old man. I wish they had kept going in this direction. Beside this scene and a bit more on getting into the dark side of living forever I liked the ending. It was a bit uplifting as you might expect from a Disney film. Looking at some of these other reviews I see I am going against the grain so don't be put off entirely. As I said, it has its moments. Just don't expect the youngsters to enjoy it with you.
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Summary: Great Movie...
Review: This movie is one of the better Disney movies I have seen in a long time. I applaude Disney for making this inspirational book into a fantastic movie. I found that the acting was superb, especially the acting of Jonathan Jackson, Alexis Bledel, and Scott Bairstow. The older cast really lent an air of solidness. Which isn't something that you see often in a romance adventure story. They tend to focus on the romantic leads, but in this movie every minute packed with Garber, Hurt, Irving, Kingsley and Spacek gave you an emotion. Everything from disgust for Winnie's parents, to the awfulness of having to live forever like the Tucks. It is a movie I would recommend to people of all ages.
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