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Could you imagine, drinking water from a spring, and living forever? Would you crave a life on earth that never ended?
Well, that’s what this story is about. I saw this movie on cable a few days ago. The premise sounded interesting, so, I thought I would watch. Fifteen-year-old Winnie is from a wealthy family, and she lives a very sheltered life. She’s alone a lot and she’s not allowed to do things that other kids do like play ball and have fun. She craves to leave her household, to go out and explore the woods on her father’s vast property.
When her parents threaten to send her away to a boarding school so that she can be properly taught to be a young lady, Winnie runs away into the vast woods – woods that she’s always been curious about. She gets lost and runs into Jesse Tuck drinking from a spring that’s sprouting from a large tree. He’s shocked to see her and when Winnie tries to drink, he forbids her to do so, telling her the water is poisonous. Young Jesse takes Winnie to his family so that they can decide what to do with her. The Tucks have been spotted and as far as they know, no living mortal knows of their secret.
Winnie and Jesse fall in love as Winnie continues staying with the Tucks. The Tucks have a secret – they’re immortal and the reason why they’re this way is because they drank from the spring of water in Winnie’s woods. “Young” Jesse Tuck is actually 104 years old.
As time moves on, Winnie doesn’t know what to do. She knows the Tucks secret, and she doesn’t want to return home to her family, plus she’s fallen in love with Jesse. The plot thickens because there is a man searching for the Tucks. It appears that he knows of their secret and this man wants to get ahold of this fountain of youth and profit from it.
This is a sweet movie and both adults and kids will like it. It makes you think about death. Although we’re all going to die, I think most people will say that they’re not ready to die. Jesse’s father takes Winnie aside, making her really re-think about becoming immortal. After all, he thinks you should live your life as is, but LIVE and enjoy and experience life to the fullest. He tells her it’s hard to be immortal like they are. Your life never ends on this earth. As people die and the earth changes, you’re always here, never getting older.
Could you imagine, drinking water from a spring, and living forever? Would you crave a life on earth that never ended? Have you seen this movie? If so, did you like it?