Tuck Everlasting (2002)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Jay Russell

Writers (WGA):

Natalie Babbitt (novel)
Jeffrey Lieber (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 October 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

If you could choose to live forever, would you?

Plot:

A young woman meets and falls in love with a young man who is part of a family of immortals.

Plot Keywords:

Woods | Secret | Fountain Of Youth | Young Man | Kidnapping

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Alexis Bledel	...	Winnie Foster
William Hurt	...	Angus Tuck
Sissy Spacek	...	Mae Tuck
Jonathan Jackson	...	Jesse Tuck
Scott Bairstow	...	Miles Tuck
Ben Kingsley	...	Man in the Yellow Suit
Amy Irving	...	Mother Foster
Victor Garber	...	Robert Foster
Kosha Engler	...	Miles' Wife
Richard Pilcher	...	Constable Henry
Bradley Coryell	...	Lead Mill Boy
John Badila	...	Baker
Julia Hart	...	Sally Hannaway
Naomi Kline	...	Beatrice Ruston
Kathryn Kelley	...	Mrs. Hannaway

MPAA:

Rated PG for some violence.

Runtime:

90 min | Argentina:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Canada:PA (Ontario) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #38641)

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Beacon Communications

Trivia:

Jared Padalecki was offered the role of Jesse Tuck due to his and Alexis Bledel's onscreen chemistry in "Gilmore Girls" (2000). Padalecki declined because he wanted a chance to work with other people.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the Tucks are in jail and Winnie and the boys are going to help them escape, it shows Winnie crossing the street with all the wind blowing the dust around but the rope at the gallows is hanging still.

Quotes:

Narrator: Winnie Foster was to be sent 500 miles away to be educated, but what her parents didn't understand was that she only wanted to step outside her fence... so she did. What in these quiet woods should be so forbidden? Winnie had always sensed a mystey waiting for her there.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Nice, But Could Have Been......

Make no mistake: this is a nice movie, but it's one of those films you can't help but feel could have been so much better.

The first 20 minutes was very promising with spectacular scenery, overall cinematography and interesting characters. But, it started to slow down and then just bogged down more and more with a teen romance. Yes, it finished fairly well but unless you are a teen or 20-something young woman, I doubt this film will hold your interest.

Perhaps even for some women, this movie did not turn out as dramatically as it should have been. It's just too flat. Too bad; it looked like a "keeper' for awhile.