The Modern Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

This mediocre, updated spin on Mark Twain's beloved story open with actor Jon Voight addressing the viewer: "You may remember me from such movies as MISSION IMPOSSIBLE," he says, "but I'm a concerned father and I know how important it is to give out children good viewing material." His paternal reassurances are less compelling when one remembers that wildly eccentric hellion Angelina Jolie is his daughter. This contemporary tale begins with the spunky Tom (Phillip Van Dyke) spending another summer with his Aunt Polly (Laraine Newman) in the sunny, suburban Stow Falls. With his geeky sidekick, Chuck (Adam Dior, a singularly untalented child actor), he vainly tries to ...