Writer-director Stephen Sommers has made a conventional literal film, in which the acting of the two leads never rises above the mediocre, thus failing to endow the tale with the stirring mood that it deserves.
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07/03/05
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
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Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Mark Twain's immortal comic tale of the fraud, hypocrisy and bigotry of adults as seen through the eyes of an innocent boy and his friend Jim, a runaway slave. As they make their way along the... [More]
Starring: Elijah Wood, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Robards, Courtney B. Vance
Director: Stephen Sommers
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Twain's text defies all efforts to translate onto film. Without Huck's subjective narrative, the subtler points fall flat, leaving a drained and empty children's movie in its place.
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December 06, 2005:
Sommers Collides (again) with "Worlds"
He was on the job once before, left for a better gig, quit that one, and then returned. Filmmaker Stephen Sommers is back on the case to write and direct a remake of "When... More...
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