Unbeknownst to the Tucks or Winnie, the man in the yellow suit overhears this conversation. Winnie, only ten years old, wants to go home, but she also feels loved by the Tucks. The Tucks told Winnie that they had not meant to kidnap her, but they had no other choice because they needed her to understand why the spring was so dangerous. The Tucks then had to move from place to place in order to avoid suspicion. Miles' wife left him because she thought he had made a pact with the devil, and all of the Tucks' friends thought they were witches and practiced black magic. They later discovered that unlike everyone else, they did not age and could not be killed or harmed. The family tells her their story: they passed by Treegap eighty-seven years ago, saw the spring, and drank from it. On the way, the man in the yellow suit spots them with Winnie. They are also shocked to see Winnie and decide to take her with them, placing them on their house and dashing through the woods. Jesse is relieved when his mother, Mae, and his brother, Miles, arrive. Winnie asks to drink some water but Jesse refuses to let her and also refuses to tell her why. As Winnie goes deeper into the woods, she finds a spring with a boy beside it, drinking from it. On the day Winnie ran away, Mae Tuck goes to meet her two sons, Jesse and Miles, whom she hasn't seen for about ten years. Her pondering is interrupted by the arrival of the man in the yellow suit, who asks if her family owns these woods. She decides to run away at dawn the next day. The third is when Winnie Foster decides to run away she is tired of her family's strictness and wants to live in complete freedom. The second is the arrival of the man in the yellow suit at the Foster's home. The first is the arrival of Mae Tuck in the Treegap woods, which were owned by the Foster family. I hope and pray that this one won't be.The story starts in the first week of August when three things happen on the same day. Hollywood has come under frequent criticism for not making enough family-friendly films, but it seems that when a rich, intelligent film does come out, it's ignored. TUCK EVERLASTING deserves to be a huge success. Walt was extremely disappointed when, despite the loving attention he garnished on the film, audiences for the most part stayed away. I hope that TUCK doesn't end up comparable to POLLYANNA in one key area: lack of box-office success. Like another classic children's book (CHARLOTTE'S WEB) TUCK EVERLASTING explores philosophical concepts of life and death and eternity that most adult films, much less children's films, ever touch on.

The cinematography is beautiful, with a rich interplay of light and shadow, and to best appreciate this aspect, you should try to see it in a theater with the brightest picture available.

Also like POLLYANNA, it has some high-powered acting talent in peripheral roles, with the main focus of the story on younger, less well-known actors. Like POLLYANNA, TUCK has a meticulous attention to period details (it takes place in 1914).

Of all the live-action films that Walt Disney produced in his lifetime, one he was very proud of was the 1960 POLLYANNA, and TUCK EVERLASTING reminded me of POLLYANNA in several key aspects. Nearly everything in this film is just right. This is the best adaptation of a classic children's book I've seen in a very long time.

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