Jandy Hardesty’s review published on Letterboxd:
Straightfoward but solid Revolutionary War story from the perspective of a teen. I read the book recently and I actually think the movie did a lot of things better - it streamlined a lot of the minor characters, and shortened the first half significantly so we're tossed into the grumblings of the Sons of Liberty much sooner instead of spending so much time with Johnny's personal grumblings. The movie also tweaked the end to actually show the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the guerilla fighting afterwards, but keeps all of the inspirational speeches from the book - some of which are likely to come across as hokey and maudlin (and even propagandistic) to many, but still largely worked for me.
Here's how it entered my Flickchart:
Johnny Tremain > Hotel Chevalier
Johnny Tremain > Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Johnny Tremain < Hans Christian Andersen
Johnny Tremain < Divided We Fall
Johnny Tremain < Henry V (1944)
Johnny Tremain < The Graduate
Johnny Tremain > The Descendants
Johnny Tremain < Rango
Johnny Tremain > 28 Weeks Later
Johnny Tremain < Tangled
Johnny Tremain < Serenity
Johnny Tremain < The Orphanage
Final ranking #851 out of 3545