Customer Reviews
Tuck Everlasting, Amazing and poignant. - By: Mrs. M. L. Rogers, 04 Oct 2004 
I have just brought this title after seeing the film on sky movies, I have not read the book, but Im not sure I need to.
I dare anyone to watch this & not be thinking about it & the
questions it raises for days afterwards. It is an absolutely brilliant & thought provoking film, especiallly when Jesse returns, youl understand this sentence if you watch the film.
It leaves me with many thoughts to think about & I have now watched this four times & still end up thinking deeply about it afterwards. The romance added in the film which apparently isnt in the book, just makes the film & makes for alot more deep thinking. A truly wonderful film & I dont say this lightly I dont think Ive ever reviewed anything else I have read or seen. Fantastic, a film to treasure & watch again & again, & Im 26 so I think that says alot :)
Everlasting Classic? - By: , 28 Feb 2004 When it comes to books being made into films it is my belief that no matter how good an actor or director contributes towards it, it is never anything in comparison with the book. However Tuck Everlasting is one of the rare exceptions to this rule.
It follows the story of Winnie Foster who, in frustration with her tediously formal life, runs away from home & ends up spending the most magical summer with the Tucks. Angus, Mae, Miles & Jesse are a wonderfully likeable family who are cursed (or blessed- it depends on which way you look at it) with eternal life. Add to the plot at a yellow-suited man in pursuit of this 'everlasting' family & the frantic efforts of Winnie's doting parents to find her, & what you end up with is the perfect family movie. It's gripping from start to end, beautifully filmed & incredibly thought provoking.
Fans of the book should be warned that the film strays from the original story quite considerably but I find that these alterations make the plot more rounded & enjoyable. And other than a few scenes that are a tad on the corny side, I reallly cannot fault it!
thought provoking - By: , 07 Jan 2004 I read the book the film is based on when i was about 11, so i was delighted to find that there had been a film made.Its a bit slow to start but is captivating & quite thought provoking & the actors are fantastic, Ben Kingsley does a brilliant villain.I recommend anyone to buy this & not be mulling over the choice that Winnie has to make for several days after.
Everlasting memory - By: , 03 Jan 2004 A fabulous film that any girl would love to see. Jesse Tuck (the gorgeous Jonathan Jackson) plays a young, carefree 17 year old boy who, along with his mother, father & brother, has been 'stuck' in time. Living a life of secrecy, knowing that if anyone should find out their gift of immortality (due to drinking from a magic spring), the Tucks are taken by surprise when Winnie Foster, daughter of the landowner whose woods they currently live in, stumbles across Jesse at the spring. She is immeidately taken to their house, before she can tell anyone of their existence. While she is there, a relationship thats would stir even the heart of the coldest person arises between her & Jesse, while in the outside world her parents start a search for their lost daughter. Soon Winnie must choose between the life she knew, & the one she knows now.
One of the most memorable films i have ever watched, & one that never fails to make me cry when Jesse, in his last words to Winnie, claims ' I will love you until the day i die'. Poignant, funny, romantic & inspiring, this is a film not to be missed!
