IMDb plot summary: In Missouri, during the 1840s, young Huck Finn fearful of his drunkard father and yearning for adventure, leaves his foster family and joins with runaway slave Jim in a voyage down the Mississippi River toward slavery free states.
Directed by Stephen Sommers. Starring Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, and Robbie Coltrane.
The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 Disney take on the classic story by Mark Twain, starring Elijah Wood as the titular character and Courtney B. Vance as his companion, runaway slave Jim. We follow Huck as he runs away from his abusive father and gets tangled up in a series of adventures, including examining his own morals on whether he should help Jim escape or turn him in. I feel like I must have read this book at some point in my life, but as I watched this movie, I remembered absolutely none of these events, despite most of them being in fact in the book (at least according to Wikipedia). It's a lot jauntier than I thought it might be, leaning heavier into Disneyfied broad comedy at times, and sometimes into a Disneyfied broad version of race that occasionally is very jarring. Elijah Wood brings to the role almost a winking-at-the-camera vibe which fits well when his mischievous character is going on silly adventures (though again, doesn't work so well when we are about to watch a man be killed for escaping slavery). It's a strange mix of a movie that definitely made me want to go back and read (or reread?) the book to see if that tonal shift is present there as well.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Adventures of Huck Finn < Kinky Boots the Musical
The Adventures of Huck Finn > La Dolce Vita
The Adventures of Huck Finn > Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Adventures of Huck Finn > Belfast
The Adventures of Huck Finn > Internal Affairs
The Adventures of Huck Finn < Escape from New York
The Adventures of Huck Finn > Pitch Perfect 2
The Adventures of Huck Finn > A Walk on the Moon
The Adventures of Huck Finn < The Beach
The Adventures of Huck Finn < High School Musical 3: Senior Year
The Adventures of Huck Finn < Fatherhood
The Adventures of Huck Finn < My Girl
Final spot: #1951 out of 3756, or 48%.
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