Overview
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 outside the fence that surrounds her pristine house and protects her from the outside world, and into the nearby forbidden woods. Her journey becomes a far greater adventure than she ever anticipated when she meets the Tucks, a family of immortals that live deep in the woods. Parents Angus (William Hurt), Mae (Sissy Spacek), and their sons Miles (Scott Bairstow) and Jesse (Jonathan Jackson), stopped aging more than a century ago after drinking from an enchanted spring, a veritable fountain of youth. With the Tucks, Winnie discovers the freedom lacking in her own small world, and a romance blossoms between the mortal teenager and the immortal Jesse. With the local police searching for the missing Winnie and a mysterious stranger (Ben Kingsley) searching for the Tucks, Winnie must choose between immortality and a life with her new friends, or the life--and inevitable death--of a normal human. TUCK EVERLASTING is directed by Jay Russell (MY DOG SKIP, END OF THE LINE), adapted from the classic novel by Natalie Babbitt, and narrated by Elisabeth Shue.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Jay Russell - Director
Alexis Bledel
William Hurt
Sissy Spacek
Scott Bairstow
Ben Kingsley
Kosha Engler
Bradley Coryell
Jonathan Jackson
Amy Irving
Victor Garber
Details
- Format: DVD
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 786936205794
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: PG (MPAA) (some violence)
- Release Date: February 2003
Movie Reviews
Notes:
Theatrical relase: October 11, 2002
Reviews:
"...An effective, well-made film....[Russell's] eye for landscape is superb..." - 10/11/2002 New York Times, p.E20
"...A sweeping romantic fable about love and mortality....[The film] has been made with such skill and sensitivity that its appeal spans generations..." - 10/11/2002 Los Angeles Times, p.C12
"...Well-acted....Sweet, family-friendly and philosophically complex, TUCK EVERLASTING is an unexpected delight..." - 10/11/2002 USA Today, p.6E
"Disney's tradition of intelligent, live-action family period cinema is magnificently revived in TUCK EVERLASTING..." - 09/09/2002 Variety, p.27-35
"...A dreamy adaptation of Natalie Babbitt's cherished 1974 children's novel..." - 10/25/2002 Entertainment Weekly, p.52