Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

erika-2-160114 I felt that this film really did good job following how the book went. The plot was really good. I really liked how they show different point of view or ays of life, The acting was really top notch . The Fantasy part really went well with other parts of the film without over powering the rest of the film. A film that people should watch.

britt0242 I first watched this movie when I was in fourth or fifth grade. They had the makings of a great love story. I felt that Winnie could have just gone with Jesse. Since she didn't, she could have at least drank from the spring. She had a much better relationship with her parents after the whole thing, and as time went on and she didn't age, I feel that she could have found the freedom to move. I was also curious about why it took Jesse 100 years to make it back to Treegap. 20 or 30 would have taken care of anyone who knew about Ma Tuck killing the Yellow Suited man, and he was the only other person who knew about the properties of the spring.Overall though it's one of my higher rated romance movies, and even though I saw it so young, I sat in my classroom and cried at the end. Definitely gonna need to buy it.

sdw1818 The plot of this movie is intriguing. Yes, you will have questions. But almost all of the questions will be answered by the ending. The big question it asks, and answers, is What is life all about? Most of us think at first that if we could live forever, it would be great. This film shows you the joy of life and how you might use it, share it-- or what it will cost you if you can't share it or live it with loved ones. It also causes you to re-consider the idea of being forever young--particularly if that were to happen, but not by choice.The advice the dad gives in the boat scene with Winnie is thought- provoking (William Hurt, in one of his best roles). Cissy Spacek is also excellent as mother Tuck. By the end of the film, Winnie has seen a lot and gets to make an amazing and mature choice that obviously guides the rest of her life. In a sense, she is way ahead of Jesse Tuck now.The performances are all good, particularly those who play the Tucks. All of the characters are more or less interesting or amusing, but the romance and the wisdom that come of Winnie's meeting with the Tuck family are inspiring and life-changing. The performances of the entire cast--and the life-story demonstrated by each character--contribute to Winnie's dramatic acceptance of the natural decision she must make.All the characters in the film--all but the eerie Man in Yellow brilliantly played by Ben Kingsley--agree that life is about family. Winnie learns it is also about being able to experience different periods in your own development, and changes in your own perspective. An interesting "What if," Tuck Everlasting is a great movie that helps us think about what we want in life and about who we are. This is the kind of movie you will want to watch once a year.

reeti-roy Winifred(Winnie)Foster lives with her parents and her grandmother in a large house,an almost palatial mansion.The Fosters are a name to reckon with in the town in which they live and Winifred's father owns the woods,which are very close to their home,but Winnie has never been allowed to venture out alone.She has been taught to do what all "proper"girls do and maintains propriety by doing things such as playing the piano and wearing the corset.However,this kind of life only stifles her and she craves for freedom and one day,she decides to venture out alone into the woods.There she finds a handsome boy who is drinking water from the spring.This boy is Jesse Tuck and he is immediately arrested by her beauty.Winnie craves for a drink of water,but Jesse stops her,saying that the water is poisoned. Suddenly,out of nowhere,Jesse's brother,Miles appears and forcefully puts Winifred on a horse and takes her to the Tucks' house.Winifred cannot understand why she has been "kidnapped". Angus Tuck and his wife Mae are very kind to her but Miles is extremely suspicious of her and keeps reiterating that she cannot be "trusted"(with their secret).Jesse says she can and is called "a fool"by his brother. Slowly,as Winnie begins to live with the Tucks,she realises how wonderful life can be.The Tucks are warm,loving and spontaneous,none of the things that Winnie has ever experienced.Mae Tuck is especially fond of Winnie and Jesse and Winnie,are forever playful,frisking about like the deer that they play with.They prance about in the green fields,frolick in the morning sunshine and climb a heap of rocks that Jesse calls the "Eiffel Tower". They bathe in the water of the waterfall and finally share their first kiss.This is when Miles decides to let her in on the family's "big secret" The Tucks drank water from a spring which was the spring of youth and they achieved immortality. The concept of immortality is given a rather unique treatment because the Tucks want to die.As Angus Tuck tells Winnie later on,death is a natural process and meddling with the wheel of change would have its consequences.It would mean a life unlived. Miles also repents the death of his wife and his two little kids,Anna and Beau.He says with tears in his eyes that he is still alive,while his wife died in an insane asylum,old and alone.The Tucks live far away from society and civilisation because they are afraid that if people find out where they are,they will be asked about the water from the spring. Angus believes that that is lethal,because what no one understands is the fact that immortality is not as glorious as it is made out to be. The meaning of life is its ever-changing nature and immortality brings with it stagnancy. The Tucks have been accused of practising witchcraft and black magic and a Man has been following the two Tuck Boys.Miles suspects that he knows about them and his suspicion is proved right when the Man comes to the woods on the pretext of saving Winnie and reveals that he had heard a tale from his grandmother about an old woman in an asylum who spoke of "Anna"and hummed a certain tune.This establishes the fact that the woman was none other than Miles's dead wife.The Man tries to kill Jesse but fails(quite naturally)and Mae Tuck kills him from the back when he tries killing Winifred who is not immortal. Winifred's father comes to the woods and takes his daughter back home.Finally,the Tucks go away from the woods and Jesse begs him to come with her.Winnie says that it will only put them in danger.Jesse asks her to drink from the spring of youth and promises that he will come back to take her with him when the time is right.When Jesse does come back,he sees Winnie's gravestone.It reads "Winnie Foster Jackson".It is quite obvious that years and years have passed and Winnie is dead. She had also moved on with her life,married and had children because her epitaph reads "dear wife and loving mother"The narrative is beautiful and the story flows smoothly.The philosophy behind the story is deeply moving and stirs the soul.It reminded me of Keats's theme of transience-that nothing really lasts forever.At the same time,this is a tale of everlasting love and a tale about making choices.It is not just about who you really are,but also about who you choose to be.