Tuck Everlasting

Tuck Everlasting is a 2002 film based on the children's book of the same title by Natalie Babbitt published in 1975. The film is a remake of an earlier film from 1981. This Disney version was directed by Jay Russell. The story involves the Tucks, a family who drank from a magic spring in the Fosters' forest and became immortal (hence the name "Tuck Everlasting"). In the movie, set in the early 20th century, the protagonist is a 15-year-old girl named Winifred Foster. She comes from a well-bred, straight-laced family and becomes lost in the woods one day during an attempt to escape her smothered lifestyle. In the woods, she encounters the Tuck family, a band of immortals due to a spring from which they drank years ago. The novel ultimately puts up an argument for mortality and why it is necessary by helping the Tucks as an example. In the film, Winnie and Jesse fall in love and she has to decide whether to drink from the spring because she aspires to be with him forever. In both... full article at wikipedia