![]() ![]() )(Yeah, my taste has changed during these 20-some years, but apparently not when it comes to him.) Wonder whatever became of him and the other actors. And Paul Flessa - Jesse Tuck - is still ever so cute. I think the opening scenes (the fair) takes too long time, but other than that it's lovely. Granted, it's not quite as I remember it. Narrated by Elisabeth Shue, the film stars Alexis Bledel, Ben Kingsley, Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, Victor Garber, Jonathan Jackson, Scott Bairstow. Hart, based on Natalie Babbitt’s 1975 book of the same name. No way! Added: Now I own it! I do! And I'm happy as can be about it. Tuck Everlasting is a 2002 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Jay Russell and written by Jeffrey Lieber and James V. All about Movie: directors and actors, where to watch online, reviews and ratings, related movies, movie facts, trailers, stills, backstage. <:) I loved it then - and misses it sooo much! Why isn't this one available on VHS or DVD? I'd buy it in an instant! (I do own the Disney version and the book - but, oh, this is the version I really DO want!) For those of you who haven't yet seen this film/movie: If it's at all possible - do see it! If you have seen the Disney version and somehow are able to see this one also: Do! If you liked what Disney made of it, you wont be disappointed in this one. Even more so, since English isn't my native language. This one is lovely, beautiful, romantic, dramatic, bittersweet. ![]() The Disney version is OK, yes, but still nowhere near this one. But for adults looking for a smart movie to which they can take their kids – a movie, in fact, that's guaranteed to provoke thought in viewers of all ages – you won't do better right now than Tuck Everlasting.I also saw this movie - on TV here in Sweden, back in the 80:s - and all I can do is agree with what was said in the comment I read. There's no question that Tuck Everlasting is superb family entertainment, although I feel I must make one comment in that department: While there's little objectionable here for most viewers, the story does contain a lot of pretty heavy concepts. The film is based on the novel of the same name by author Natalie Babbitt Tuck Everlasting as tales with a stream, a female character is kidnapped, a family of immortals, a guy dresses in a yellow mystery and infinity the meaning of life and death. Kingsley's work is top-notch, and the already solid film really lights up every time he's on screen. The movie also gets a lot of mileage out of its veteran actors, and the real standout is Ben Kingsley – hard to believe that the guy who played Ghandi is finding a second career playing villains of all sorts, from the vicious gangster in Sexy Beast to the seductive yet creepy Man in the Yellow Suit here. The Victorian world of Winnie Foster (Bledel, left) and her domineering mother (Amy Irving, center) is shaken by the mysterious Man in the Yellow Suit (Ben Kingsley, right).Īlexis Bledel is a lovely and charismatic lead, able to look both younger and older than she actually is, depending on how she's shot. In many ways, it makes sense that director Jay Russell was chosen for this project – he made the utterly lovable and adorable My Dog Skip, which detailed the life and death of a family pet here, he's working with a story that applies those same concepts to people, along with a healthy dose of fantasy. And (being careful here, to avoid spoilers) one of the most impressive things about Tuck Everlasting is that it's a family film that's actually about some of the very most fundamental questions of life and death. Initially frightened, Winnie quickly comes to like – then love – this family, especially Jesse but as her affection for the Tucks grows, she slowly realizes that they harbor a strange and powerful secret – a secret, in fact, that has made them the target of the mysterious, menacing Man in the Yellow Suit (Sir Ben Kingsley), a stranger who has arrived in search of the family.Īlthough I won't spoil just what the "secret" of the Tuck family is, I will say that the title gives a huge hint. One day she becomes lost in the woods near her home and comes upon the Tuck family – father (William Hurt), mother (Sissy Spacek) and sons Jesse (Jonathan Jackson) and Miles (Scott Bairstow). Alexis Bledel (from TV's Gilmore Girls) plays Winnie Foster, a free-spirited girl in 1914 who is bristling at the loving but repressive upbringing of her parents (Amy Irving and Victor Garber). ![]()
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