Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302462012
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6302462010
Label: Walt Disney Video
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: 1997-06-23
Running Time: 92
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1990-10-21

Customer Rating:
Summary: Not perfect, but it's nice to go back!
Comment: I recently ran across a passle of these hear videos at the local retail store, and being a fan of Tom and Huck movies, I picked on up. One good thing about the switch to DVD, the producers of VHS videos are clearing house! While I would rather have these movies on DVD, many aren't available in that format, such as Back To Hannibal, so this sudden drop in VHS prices has been really helpful. Now this movie is basically what Hook was to Peter Pan. We get to see what happened to Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn after they grew up. The plot deals with Tom and Huck joining forces again and returning to their hometown to help their old friend Jim beat a murder wrap. Not unlike when Tom helped old Muff Potter as a kid. I guess that's where they got the idea of making Tom grow up to be a lawyer. This is one of the things that bugged me the most though. It seemed the roles were reversed when it comes to future careers. I always thought Huck was more suited for being a Lawyer, and in this movie Huck became a writer, which seems to me to be the natural career choice for Tom! Tom was always reading and telling stories as a kid, and Huck was always arguing and lying. Check out the Elijah Wood version of Adventures of Huck Finn. I know it was made much later, but it really emphasizes the point I'm making. In it we see Huck and Jim having a friendly arguement on a raft, and Huck, having stated his point, ends with a "I rest my case!" Anyway, that was a major problem I had with the movie, how their two obvious future careers got used, but each on the wrong character. I also wasn't too happy that everyone was rather unhappy with each other upon meeting again. Huck was angry with Tom for some reason or other, and Becky was angry at them both, everyone was so bitter with each other coming into the movie. Still, it's not a bad movie. I probably would have tacked on another star had they gotten the careers right! The casting was actually really good, and the acting was, well, good enough for the storyline. Anyway, it was definitely worth my 5 bucks. This was a made for TV movie by the way, made for the Disney Channel, in its early days. It doesn't look terribly like a made for TV movie though, not like their current junior high stuff. This is from The Disney Channel's great, premium network days. Oh well. If you're a fan of Tom and Huck movies, this is still a must to have in your collection. It's still very entertaining, and there's even a small role with the King and the Duke!

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