Tom and Huck PG 1995 Action/Adventure 1:35
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Eric Schweig, Rachael Leigh Cook, Courtland Mead, Michael McShane, Charles Rocket
Director: Peter Hewitt
Based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Summary: The classic story of Tom Sawyer (Thomas) and Huckleberry Finn (Renfro). This recent version is filled with adventure as "the original bad boys" invent trouble and then try to get out of it. It all starts when Tom and Huck go to the graveyard one night to get rid of warts. There, they see Injun Joe (Schwieg) murder Doc Robinson. They run and decide to sign an oath to swear they will never tell a soul what they saw. But things get tricky when the next day they see the whole town of Hannibal accuse the innocent town drunk Muff Potter (McShane) of killing Doc Robinson. The two boys don't want to tell, for they fear Injun Joe will kill them in a second. Yet, they feel they can't let Muff hang for something he didn't do. The two young lads do everything they can to save Muff without breaking the oath. What they get themselves into is a lot of adventure, which is fun for both them and you, the viewer.
Opinion: A great retelling of Twain's story with both Home Improvement's Thomas and The Client's Renfro doing superb in their title roles. Great fun for the whole family plus a splendid soundtrack. Great supporting cast includes good performances by the warm McShane and the vicious Schweig.
Whoops! In a scene about 25 minutes into the film, there is one of the most caught errors in the film. When Tom and Huck are signing the oath in blood, Jonathan Taylor Thomas takes a knife and pricks a finger on his right hand. But Thomas is shown a second later signing the oath with his left hand. Someone screwed up there.
Setting: Hannibal, Missouri 1840's
Filmed: Decatur, Alabama
Timeframe: About three weeks
Release Date: December 22, 1995