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The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:7
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Mark Twain's immortal comic tale of the fraud, hypocrisy and bigotry of adults as seen through the eyes of an innocent boy and his friend Jim, a runaway slave. As they make their way along the... Mark Twain's immortal comic tale of the fraud, hypocrisy and bigotry of adults as seen through the eyes of an innocent boy and his friend Jim, a runaway slave. As they make their way along the Mississippi, they meet a motley collection of self-important characters and try their best to understand them despite their obvious flaws. [More]
Starring: Elijah Wood, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Robards, Courtney B. Vance
Starring: Elijah Wood, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Robards, Courtney B. Vance
Director: Stephen Sommers
Director: Stephen Sommers
Story: Mark Twain
Reviews for The Adventures of Huck Finn
Writer-director Stephen Sommers has made a conventional literal film, in which the acting of the two leads never rises above the mediocre, thus failing to endow the tale with the stirring mood that it deserves.
Twain's text defies all efforts to translate onto film. Without Huck's subjective narrative, the subtler points fall flat, leaving a drained and empty children's movie in its place.
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