It's just a wonderful story and, excuse the pun, timeless. After all, TUCK EVERLASTING is really the story of a young woman growing up, played against a mildly supernatural backdrop.Īll that aside, I'm going to guess that novelist Natalie Babbitt was responsible for much of what we see. Me being a sucker for coming-of-age stories doesn't hurt either. Some of that credit goes to director Jay Russell, who delicately balances these oft-burdensome themes with heart and soul.and a talented cast of seasoned actors and newbies. So how will this all play out? And is immortality a blessing or a curse? Will Winnie choose eternal life to be with Jesse or live her full life without him?Ĭharacters dying is a tough theme for a "young" movie, but not the first time Disney has danced with it (BAMBI, OLD YELLER, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3.okay that last one is wishful thinking). She can't stay with the Tucks forever because, for the Tucks, forever is truly forever. But with the town looking for her, sooner or later Winnie is going to have to go home. Mae helps her out of that corset and now Winnie is enjoying life, perhaps for the first time. But a funny thing happens when she's no longer in the Foster home (ahem) she is called "Winnie" by Mae rather than the stern "Winifred!" her mom would bark. So Winnie finally gets her wish to break out of her own backyard (well, technically, the sacrosanct spring is IN her own backyard), but Jesse and his brother Miles (Scott Bairstow), fearing she will spill the secret, abduct her and bring her to their family (William Hurt plays the dad, Angus Tuck) and their house in the woods. And Jesse, as you know, has a secret a secret Ponce De Leon would likely envy. Sheltered yet feisty, Winnie's a lot like Dorothy Gale from Kansas. And then, one day, she happens upon 17 year old (or so he tells her) Jesse (Jonathan Jackson) drinking from a spring.and so begins the fairy tale (Winnie even talks to a frog at the beginning).
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