flippindewd Review of The Adventures of Huck Finn

The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)

Completely different from the book

[1/10 · 13 August 2011]

The movie was so far off from the book it's not even funny. As another reviewer explained, Jim is represented completely different than in Twain's book. The movie moves along fast without much explanation of any important events. It also just leaves out many events (important ones too). At the end of the book Huck runs into the Phelps family, and right then he runs into Tom Sawyer - this is the best part of the book and it takes you to the end. Unfortunately, Disney decided not to include Tom in the movie. Instead, they just quickly ended the story while Huck was with the family at the funeral. It was a terribly made movie. It was a quick skim of most of the book at best and it wasn't nearly as entertaining. I recommend reading the book and not watching the movie - you will be disappointed.