Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jonathan Taylor Thomas | ... | Tom Sawyer | |
Brad Renfro | ... | Huck Finn | |
Eric Schweig | ... | Injun Joe | |
Charles Rocket | ... | Judge Thatcher | |
Amy Wright | ... | Aunt Polly | |
Michael McShane | ... | Muff Potter | |
Marian Seldes | ... | Widow Douglas | |
Rachael Leigh Cook | ... | Becky Thatcher | |
Lanny Flaherty | ... | Emmett | |
Courtland Mead | ... | Sid | |
Peter Mackenzie | ... | Mr. Sneed | |
Heath Lamberts | ... | Schoolmaster Dobbins | |
William Newman | ... | Doc Robinson | |
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Joey Stinson | ... | Joe Harper |
Blake Heron | ... | Ben Rodgers |
Tom Sawyer is a mischievous young boy, growing up in a small US town in the mid-1800s. He finds a friend in Huckleberry Finn, a vagrant and outcast, and the two get up to all sorts of boyish adventures. While on one of these adventures they witness a murder, leaving Tom with a dilemma. Written by grantss
Tom Sawyer (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) runs away and is rescued by Huck Finn (Brad Renfro). They see Injun Joe and Muff Potter digging up the grave of Vic 'One-Eyed' Murrell to retrieve a treasure map for Doctor Robinson. Injun Joe murders Doc Robinson with Muff's knife. Muff is arrested for the murder. Tom is torn between an oath to Huck and his need to exonerate an innocent man.
The production looks weak. This Disney doesn't have the needed edge and doesn't even have Disney money. The story has too many killings to be a kiddie movie. The movie doesn't have the grittiness to feel real. Jonathan Taylor Thomas used to be a thing back in the day. He's cute with a twinkle in his eye. I don't lay too much on him. He just doesn't have the toughness unlike Brad Renfro. Rachael Leigh Cook is a cutie in this one. This movie's tone is all over the place.