Not a bad movie, but not great either. Was an interesting story as I have always wondered about the tale of Huckleberry Finn.

I loved this movie as teenager. Watched like 80 times in a row lol.

I’ve never seen Huck Finn before, I think it never made it across the pond when I was a kid. No wonder really, with all the abuse and other uhm, problematic behaviour. But holy moly. I’ve always liked Elijah as an actor, but I had no idea he was THIS good even as child. Jaw-dropping. Is a cow a cat… is a cat a cow? I feel like Jim‘s initial stance on different languages is the stance of a lot of Americans today still 😅 This started out mighty scary. Toward the mid of it it got rather delightfully funny.

A pretty mad film. First off, I did enjoy 'The Adventures of Huck Finn'. The main reason for that is Elijah Wood, who is honestly tremendous in the role of Huckleberry Finn. I've only, as of recently, seen Wood in his adult years, this is the best performance I've seen from him; I'm yet to watch 'The Lord of the Rings', admittedly. Away from Wood, there are a few other strong cast members. Courtney B. Vance is impressive as Jim, while Jason Robards (The King) and Robbie Coltrane (The Duke) are a good double act. I very much like the cast. Onto the story. It's kinda bonkers. It goes from being sombre, to being funny, to being serious, back to sombre, back to funny etc. It's very up and down in that sense, the first and third acts are rather heavy but the middle act is as silly as it could possibly be really. It has a very mixed feel about it, amidst the overall arc of slavery. There is definitely a positive message in there, particularly with Finn and Jim. It's just muddled in with comedy, somewhat oddly. All that matters, though, is did I feel entertained by it? Yes, quite easily so. A film to watch, certainly. Worth noting I am the opposite of book smart (aim to change that at some point!), despite knowing the name of the title character I've never read the book by Mark Twain. Therefore I couldn't tell you if it does Twain's work justice, or how it relates to it.

Started OK. The slave sounded like he was from a 90s ghetto. Totally blew it for me.