Best movie of this year hands down!

A different way of telling a story

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

I've seen most live-action film adaptations of Mark Twain's classic novel, but none follow the original story as closely as this one. The 1993 Disney version is a very good one, but definitely Disney-fied (more suitable for children and whatnot). This version is blunt and accurate. The casting was very good in my opinion. I found that it did move a bit slow at some parts and some scenes were added that were not in the book. The only scenes that were removed were the conversation Jim and Huck have about Frenchmen, the Boggs shooting, and all of the Wilks scenes. That, to me, is very strange. Although I did read somewhere that the full film is 240 minutes, and the one I have is 213 minutes, but says to be un-cut. They do go to Phelps Landing at the end, however, although Tom and Huck's elaborate escape plan for Jim is very much shortened - from over 3 weeks in the novel to 1 day in the film. The beginning is also changed slightly. Pap does not spend a night at the judge's house and does not break his arm. Overall, I really liked it and I think all Huck Finn-enthusiasts would.

I've never seen such attention to detail. However, I got the feeling that many scenes were left on the cutting room floor that would have made the movie even better. For instance, the feuding family that was after Buck could have been included. That storyline told so much about Twain's take on the senselessness of war. Also, the cast was incredible. It seemed that with every turn of the page, I was seeing another familiar Hollywood face, from Emma Thompson, to Butterfly Mc- Queen, to Lillian Gish. My God, the casting was just remarkable. Young Patrick Day was the most perfectly cast of all. I commend PBS on a spectacular accomplishment. I would love to see it shown more often.

This film will delight both childern and adults alike !! It's based on the classic novel by Mark Twain and has a all-star cast. Huck, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him are his friends Tom Sawyer and Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together they strike a bond of friendship that takes them through adventures. It's really good.

I just finished watching this film and i loved it, i love this story but the way that it was portrayed in this paticular film version was wonderful. I loved the way that Patric Day[huck finn] and Sam-Art Williams[jim] interacted throughout the movie, Patric Day brought a great deal to the character of Huck which can only be matched by that of Elijah Wood in the 1993 version that did not follow the same story, the blue paint scene was a paticular favorite of mine because it brought a great deal of comic value to the play which only complimented Mark Twain's original script. This story fills you with so many different emotions i sometimes don't know weather to laugh or cry, its a masterpiece.