It was cheesy. It also sounds like Tom Sawyer is played by a girl and he also has a lisp. The whole story is completely wrong!

The producers of this film are also those that made the animated Disney knock offs of Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules and Mulan. Though I never saw those somehow I wasn't expecting much but was surprised to find very rich animation at times seeming to be influenced by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. The story was breezy and the songs cheerful considering this was a direct-to-video effort. Its story is influenced by the original rather than a faithful telling which is wise considering there are dozens of versions available. The story actually reminds me as if it were a TV pilot for a Tom and Huck TV series. Those upset of the toning down of characters I wonder if they don't know there are many faithful versions available on DVD and don't realize that Tom and Huck are characters that can live on beyond Mark Twain in the same way Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan and Superman have lived on beyond their original concepts. I especially liked the period feel which appropriately is more nostalgic than critical. Nice voice work by veteran child actor Ross Malinger (Party of Five) as Tom, Kirsten Dunst as Becky and a troupe of good character actors.

The worst Tom Sawyer ever. The whole story is wrong. Initially, I was trying to find some sort of rational under the "political correctness" thing. But this is scandalous!

yup, it's a cartoon. and I can see "softening" or even removing some of the ethnic references for the kids. But they way overcompensated, "tattoo joe" coulda been just Joe and a bad guy - AND why did the bad guy have, of all the tattoos he could have gotten, an "American Eagle"?
If you're going to tamper with Mark Twain's writing -tread carefully.
(I know his real name was Samuel Clemens so save yourself some time)