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10/21/02
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
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Reviews Counted:113
Fresh:69
Rotten:44
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Though slow-moving, Tuck Everlasting raises big issues and explores them with sensitivity.
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is the beautiful, privileged daughter of the richest man in town. A disagreement with her domineering parents (Amy Irving, Victor Garber) sends Winnie... [More]
Starring: Jonathan Jackson, Alexis Bledel, Amy Irving, William Hurt
Director: Jay Russell
Reviews for Tuck Everlasting
Top CriticDon't be put off by people who may tell you this is a children's story. There are universal themes here that are not limited by age.
10/21/02
...the film itself kind of lags behind on the same dirt trails over and over again, looking around at all the pretty sights without actually going towards them to investigate.
10/21/02
There is a moment in the film when the narrator states that sometimes an hour can seem to last forever – how right she wazzzzzzzzzzz…
10/20/02
As refreshing as a drink from a woodland stream.
10/20/02
Those with the patience to submit to its low-energy charms may find their time well spent.
10/18/02
Any movie that signals the menace of a potential lynching by zooming its camera through the loop of a gallows noose cannot claim subtlety, but director Jay Russell never lets the swirling emotions of Tuck become too drippy.
10/17/02
Like the Tuck family themselves, this movie just goes on and on and on and on
10/16/02
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10/16/02
Bledel and Jonathan Jackson's gorge-side canoodling drifts dangerously close to Blue Lagoon territory.
10/15/02
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10/15/02
A poignant story with some worthwhile themes.
10/15/02
The movie overcomes its weaknesses with heart and style.
10/15/02
A successful merger of the whimsical and the weird.
10/14/02
The film is very faithful to Natalie Babbitt's novel, which is surprisingly dark...it doesn't shy away from complicated issues.
10/14/02
It's a charming story.
10/14/02
A warm and poetic movie that teaches kids about death -- and more importantly, about living.
10/13/02
The combined talent helps raise Tuck Everlasting to the realm of quality children's entertainment.
10/13/02
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10/12/02
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