With much to be enchanted by while you're watching and some worthwhile questions to think about afterwards, Tuck Everlasting is rewarding old-fashioned entertainment.
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03/21/03
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
US Box Office: $19,032,871
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
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04/29/09
The entire production bears a certain medicinal scent; it may be good for you, but it's not exactly tasty.
12/30/08
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02/01/04
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11/30/03
Top CriticThere is no life in the story, and what could be a thoughtful rumination on mortality offers only pat Disneyfied lessons.
09/06/03
Lambent, wholesome youth film, nothing short of magical, wherein a cosseted, cloistered lass escapes from her perennial confines of parental stuffiness .
07/10/03
A great-looking film with beautiful scenery and some fine actors, but it lacks a good third act.
04/09/03
Attractively filmed and pleasantly conceived, it ventures too far into sentimentality, and not far enough into its fascinating life versus immortality subject matter.
03/05/03
At one point, Winnie says to Jesse that she 'wishes this moment could last forever.' I thought the movie was going to last forever.
02/22/03
Despite its sad feel, and the fact that it drags almost to a standstill in the middle, it's quite beautiful visually and features fine performances by Bledel, Jackson, and the others.
02/08/03
A movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated cross between Highlander and Lolita.
11/20/02
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11/06/02
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11/06/02
Harks back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research.
11/05/02
In the end, Tuck Everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived: too much to do, too little time to do it in.
10/30/02
That rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children, a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death, both pro and con, for adults.
10/25/02
Sure to make teenage girls giddy, their mom’s cry and their father’s smile.
10/25/02
[The kind of] story that stays with kids, becomes more meaningful to them as grownups.
10/22/02
"Tuck Everlasting" is a rare thing: not only a family film but a film about a young woman.
10/21/02
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