Alicia I love this movie so much

Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

cnycitylady Disney's adaptation of Natalie Babbitt's beloved childhood novel is not as powerful as it tries to come across as. Winnie is aged so that she and Jamie can have a more romantic story-line and so the heart of the story will be their tragic love for each other. But it is just so unnecessary. The original novel holds true wisdom because this little girl, in the prime of her innocence and childhood youth can see that everlasting life is not all it's cracked up to be and she decides to let time play a part in her decision. But in the movie Winnie is grown and in love with Jamie, so her decision is odd. I for one could not see why she wouldn't be forever happy with the man she loves.That small alteration is about the only difference from book to film, but it is a fatal one. In changing the age of the main character you change the essence of the story and it in turn loses everything that was everlasting about it. This overdone Romeo and Juliet bit is so prosaic that you cannot even really feel bad for the lovers when they are inevitably torn apart by circumstance, distance and eventually, time.This will not be the definitive film version and I eagerly await another go at it. 6/10

mark.waltz As I right this review, the Broadway musical of this classic children's novel from the 1970s opened on Broadway to excellent reviews from the New York Times. Having just seen that a few weeks ago, I Revisited the movie and slowly remember what has Enchanted me when I seen this years ago. Jonathan Jackson, the handsome and innocent-looking Lucky Spencer from "General Hospital", is the innocent young boy who is older than he seems. In the opening scene, he drives up to an old southern mansion on a motorcycle, and the film flashes back many years to when he had first met the heroine (Alexis Biedel) whom he fell in love with."Do not fear death, but only the unloved life." that is the theme for the book, two movies and the new Broadway musical. It occurs in the woods in the back of the Foster mansion in the self, where Jackson's father William Hurt and mother Sissy Spacek make their home, hiding out because they are destined to live forever. Jackson falls in love with Biedel whom his older brother is forced to kidnap when she discovers the secret, and the presence of a mysterious Man in the Yellow Suit Ben Kingsley threatens to destroy their hiding place and reveal the secret, giving the potential of making them into freaks. Moving performances by the entire cast (which includes Amy Irving as the heroine's mother and Victor Garber as her father) make this truly worth watching, as does the very direct way that the screenplay presents the story.I've always been a Sissy Spacek fan, and she is totally lovely as the kindly mother who takes Biedel under her wing as if she were her own daughter. William Hurt, who has played his share of villains and heroes, is wise and humble as Jackson's father who provides the film's moral. Along with Dianne Wiest and Alan Arkin in "Edward Ecissorhands", these two rank as the best surrogate parents in film history. Kingsley makes a great villain, his character amply described in the musical as an "evil banana". While this lacks certain elements from the novel and the musical, it moves briskly and makes its point which I have greatly accepted: a life well lived needs an ending, and hopefully, you go out with applause and thumbs up for a job well done.

britt0242 I first watched this movie when I was in fourth or fifth grade. They had the makings of a great love story. I felt that Winnie could have just gone with Jesse. Since she didn't, she could have at least drank from the spring. She had a much better relationship with her parents after the whole thing, and as time went on and she didn't age, I feel that she could have found the freedom to move. I was also curious about why it took Jesse 100 years to make it back to Treegap. 20 or 30 would have taken care of anyone who knew about Ma Tuck killing the Yellow Suited man, and he was the only other person who knew about the properties of the spring.Overall though it's one of my higher rated romance movies, and even though I saw it so young, I sat in my classroom and cried at the end. Definitely gonna need to buy it.

sdw1818 The plot of this movie is intriguing. Yes, you will have questions. But almost all of the questions will be answered by the ending. The big question it asks, and answers, is What is life all about? Most of us think at first that if we could live forever, it would be great. This film shows you the joy of life and how you might use it, share it-- or what it will cost you if you can't share it or live it with loved ones. It also causes you to re-consider the idea of being forever young--particularly if that were to happen, but not by choice.The advice the dad gives in the boat scene with Winnie is thought- provoking (William Hurt, in one of his best roles). Cissy Spacek is also excellent as mother Tuck. By the end of the film, Winnie has seen a lot and gets to make an amazing and mature choice that obviously guides the rest of her life. In a sense, she is way ahead of Jesse Tuck now.The performances are all good, particularly those who play the Tucks. All of the characters are more or less interesting or amusing, but the romance and the wisdom that come of Winnie's meeting with the Tuck family are inspiring and life-changing. The performances of the entire cast--and the life-story demonstrated by each character--contribute to Winnie's dramatic acceptance of the natural decision she must make.All the characters in the film--all but the eerie Man in Yellow brilliantly played by Ben Kingsley--agree that life is about family. Winnie learns it is also about being able to experience different periods in your own development, and changes in your own perspective. An interesting "What if," Tuck Everlasting is a great movie that helps us think about what we want in life and about who we are. This is the kind of movie you will want to watch once a year.