It's a Disney kid's film that is often appealing to that audience through goofy music, simple emotions and light humor. However, it's also surprisingly dark in its themes and overtly violent in its action. The combination of Disney and Twain just don't quite rub together well...however, Wood is perfectly cast, Vance connects with each of his scenes with great heart, and Sommers does a good job of bringing this world to us. Tonally illogical? Sure...but otherwise, not half bad.

The Adventures of Huck Finn is an adventure movie based off the classic story "Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain. Elijah Wood played the adventurous young boy Huck Finn. Huck runs away with a slave, Jim, Courtney B. Vance, and their goal is to make it to freedom for Jim. This is a dangerous journey through Mississippi for a slave in the 1950s.Huck Finn is a young boy who lives with two old woman because his father, Pap, is not a nice man. Pap decides to take him out of his home one night and brings him to his own house. While at his dad's house, Huck has to be careful because Pap is scary when he is drunk. In order to escape from Pap's life, Huck fakes his own murder. He starts out on a journey but on the first day he comes across Jim in the woods. They decide to travel together but they have to be extra careful who they run into because Jim is blamed for Huck's murder. Eventually, they run into two thieves, Duke and King, who bring them along with them to pretend to be people they are not. Their lies finally catch up with them and they have to carefully find their way out of the situation. Watch the movie to find out what twists this movie takes at the end.This movie does an excellent job of staying in the 1950s time period. The way the slaves are treated and enslaved was really how they were treated. The two boys get stuck on a plantation and Jim is enslaved. Huck sees how Jim is treated and wants to leave. The dialects of the people tell that they are from the South. The way the people dress also keeps with the time period. The ladies wore big dresses and men wore suits and hats.I thought that this movie had excellent acting. Elijah Wood is a young actor and is really great for his age. The other actors are good at playing the roles that they got. They are very realistic and act with the time period.I found this movie really enjoyable and it even had some humor in it. I would defiantly recommend this movie for an age of person because it is classic literature but has a Disney spin on it. I give this movie 7 out of 10 stars.

Huckal Barry Finn Movie ReviewHukal Barry Finn is a movie of a young boy's adventure on his own and the problems he faces on the way. This movie takes place in early America when slavery was popular in the south. The young boy goes by the name of Huck (played by Elijah Wood) who later meets up with a slave named Jim (played by Courtney B. Vance). Huck is kidnapped and abused by Pap Finn (played by Ron Perlman). Before he was kidnapped Huck stayed and was parented by Widow Douglas (played by Dane Ivey). On Huck and Jim's adventure to the free states they face problems like Jim being recaptured as a slave and both of them being held captive by two con artist.Huck lives in a small town with Widow Douglas but is miserable. Huck is in his room one night when his pap comes to kidnap him. Huck is at his pap's cabin when pap goes to town to get a few goods. While pap is gone Huck tries to fake his own death to escape form Pap. Huck then runs to Jackson Island and meets up with Jim, a runaway slave. They decide to get on a raft and head to the free states but to do that they must go south first. When they are floating down the river the two con artists invade their raft. Because Huck is so young and Jim is a slave they had no choice but to listen to the two con artists and do as they say. They decide to dress up and act like two brothers from England and rob a rich family of their dead "brother's" riches. There is when Jim is captured and put in jail. Huck is determined to get Jim out of jail and on to the free states.This movie takes place in the older setting, so there is not much you can really do in the aspect of editing. All the movie needs and has is soft background music to transition from seen to seen. The music just makes the scene changes smoother so it does not seem like it jumps from scene to scene too quickly. Without the music the movie would have no emotion, would seem unprofessional, and would be rather boring. The actors in the movie can really seem to get into what they're doing. There is more that could have happened with the emotion of slavery. But over all they have seemed to get the fact that the movie was taken a while back and understand how to apply that to the acting. Over all I see the movie as a good movie if you wanted to see what the past was like. This movie is in no way an entertaining movie. This movie is slow movie and does not have much going on that will get the viewer really involved in it. If I were to rate this movie I would rate it two out of five stars.Matt Mummert American Literature Student 3rd Block: Mr. Mauzy's Class Written May 23, 2012

A Mark Twain classic novel Huck Finn turned into a Disney phenomenon. This is a 1993 remake Disney movie that took place in a fictional town of St. Petersburg. Elijah Wood played the lead role of Huck Finn; his runaway slave best friend was played by Courtney Vance. Was a great adventure movie that the whole family would enjoy to watch.Basically Huck Finn is a young boy that is very good at lying and is not only sneaky but very smart. His runaway best friend slave Jim went on a huge adventure with Huck going places they never thought they would end up, when I say that I mean they had a certain place they wanted to end up so Jim could be a free man but along the way they got in a lot of trouble and always found ways to escape. Eventually they reach a small town right out of St. Petersburg where they get in the most trouble they get in throughout the movie, but there are hilariously funny parts throughout this town that they go through.One key aspect of filmmaking from this movie that I want to aim towards is acting. Elijah Wood the star actor plays as the lead role of Huck Finn and he does a phenomenal job of being a sneaky, fantastic, mature, little liar. They did a great job by picking him to play that role. There isn't a specific event from the movie I'm aiming towards, just throughout this film he constantly had to lie to keep him and Jim out of trouble. Not to say Courtney Vance didn't do a fantastic job playing Jim the runaway slave. All and all they both did an amazing job playing their roles though the movie.Another aspect of filmmaking for this movie would be the writers or creators of the movie Huck Finn. They did an amazing job writing this movie. It had such a great story line, it had me up on the edge of my seat at times, and other times I would be laughing hysterically. You could tell it took some time to put this movie together, it has such a wide variety of viewers ageing anywhere from a baby to an old man. This movie would be a great sit down with the family and even Dad would have a great time watching it.This Disney remake had to have been one of my favorite Disney movies of all times. Just to see a little boy who could do or act as Huck Finn was a pleasure to watch. In my point of view I would give this movie a 5 out of 5 popcorn bags. I would give a lot of credit to the actors that did a great job, the writers or creators of the movie, and the director they all did such a great role in and out of the movie. To say the least if you haven't seen this movie it would be a great idea to watch it ASAP!