Customer Reviews

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [VHS]

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This is probably the most accurate portrayal of Huck ever brought to screen! Here you see the young hero learn the power of loyalty and the evils of racism as he smokes and curses his way through one adventure after another.

Despite criticisms about the use of racially offensive language, this movie(and book) have done much toward bridging the gap between the races by imparting understanding and empathy. Accusations that the language of the book should justify its being banned are born of ignorance, not a true desire for tolerance.

Watch this and decide for yourself.

THIS MOVIE IS ONE OF THE GREAT STAR MICKEY ROONEY'S VERY BEST. WHO CARES IF IT'S NOT TOTALLY TRUE TO THE BOOK. THE FACT HERE IS THAT I WATCH IT TO SEE MICKEY ROONEY'S GREAT TALENT AND JUST TO SEE HIM. HE HAS SUCH A SCREEN PRESENCE, THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT NO OTHER COULD BE ANY BETTER. THIS MOVIE IS GREAT! IF YOU ARE A MICKEY FAN AS I AM YOU WILL LOVE THIS MOVIE! HE'S GREAT AND ADORABLE!

If you care for accuracy avoid this video. For fun, and a sort of neat feel - OK

Acting quite good.

But this is not the story written by Mark Twain (or Sam Clemens)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a classic story that has made its way in some way or another into the brains of every American. It is Mark Twain's novel about a boy named Huck (Mickey Rooney) who hates school and everything proper who escapes his aunts and his deadbeat father on a raft down the river. He discovers that his aunt Polly's slave Jim (Rex Ingram) has escaped too, and the two join forces. However, it is assumed that Jim has killed Huck, so a desperate search is on to find the runaway.

Thanks to two outstanding performances by a youthful Rooney and a talented Ingram (not the director), this film shines. Rooney was certainly no innocent little boy when he made this film, but he behaves just like one. Ingram was lucky enough to get one of the few black roles at this time with some depth; he utilizes it. This film also stays close to the original story without being lengthy. It is an entertaining film all the way through, even if you've read the book and seen other versions.

super movie wonderful everything just a tad different from the book but overall it was great thanks for asking

This version of Huckeberry Finn is the best one I've seen. I love the older versions of films that were made in the 30s & 40s--and, this one is a classic.

Attention America! If you haven't already noticed, we (now) live in a country that has pushed political correctness to the point of absurdity -- where boys are expected to behave like little girls -- in light of this "war against boys" in our society, a story like HUCK FINN is nothing short of REFRESHING! You will laugh until you cry -- because, if you're a man, you'll see yourself here right away! And if you're a woman, you'll recognize the innate God-given traits of what boys were all about in the first place: namely, NOT GIRLS! There's a REASON boys were created differently -- than girls. And the difference is to COMPLIMENT the world of girls (versus the political correctness of the national mentality); no wonder there are so many therapists working round the clock today -- they're trying to make girls out of boys, and that will JUST NOT DO! Treat yourself to a movie about boys, and what boys are all about! You might learn something!

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I was disappointed that the slave Jim was played a little too "hokey." It departed from the book a bit too. It was OK.

The one review here so far that gave this DVD a 1 star only gives it because he can't play it on his PC. What does that have to do with the movie itself? Nothing. The 1 star is worthless. Best to judge the movie by the movie itself. No comment on the quality of the DVD, as well. Awful review. The video-on-demand- /online watching 7 downloading Rooney version has more actual reviews to decide better than this sole non-review.At least one reviewer there gives this Rooney version as the best version of Huckleberry Finn out as a movie.