'Tuck Everlasting' — Time travel in lace and crinoline

Where does it say that good sci-fi has to feature futuristic scenarios of wormholes and their ilk?

Not in my book.

Here's a wonderful movie that looks sort of insipid judging by its DVD box cover (below)

and as such stayed on my shelf for over a year before I finally decided to see what it was all about.

I found it absorbing and increasingly interesting as it played out to its thoughtful, bittersweet conclusion.

What if someone came up to you and said you could stay just as you are today — forever?

Never age, never die.

Would you sign up for that program?

We know Ray Kurzweil would but I'm not asking him, am I?

Highly recommended.