The classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper have numerous adventures, including running away to be pirates and, being believed drowned, attending their own funeral.
Is this movie worth your time in the year 2024? Yes, but only if you have a soft spot for that clunky, loud, and slightly awkward energy of early talking pictures. If you need fast editing or actors who don't shout every single line at the top of their lungs, you are probably going to hate this. It feels like watching...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
John Cromwell
William Parke
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"Is this movie worth your time in the year 2024? Yes, but only if you have a soft spot for that clunky, loud, and slightly awkward energy of early talking pictures. If you need fast editing or actors who don't shout every single line at the top of their lungs, you are probably going to hate this. It feels like watching a middle school play with a massive budget and real dirt. Jackie Coogan is the big draw here. You might know him as the little kid from the Chaplin movie, but here he's a bit old..."
Grover Jones, Mark Twain, Sam Mintz, William Slavens McNutt
United States
