Synopsis
Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She meets her sickly cousin, and the two children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.
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Cast
- Dixie EgerickxMary Lennox
- Tommy Gene SurridgeBilly
- Colin FirthLord Archibald Craven
- Julie WaltersMrs. Medlock
- Maeve DermodyAlice
- Edan HayhurstColin Craven
- Amir WilsonDickon
- Isis DavisMartha
- Richard HansellGeorge
- David VerreyJeremy
Recommandations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Things get quite Gothic in the film’s final stretch, with genre add-ons that “Garden” purists may also find distasteful. The extra melodrama can feel unnecessary. However, it leads to moments of life-restoring beauty (core theme here again) and love. - 75
Slashfilm
Though Munden attempts to overload our senses with rich visuals, The Secret Garden does end up feeling kind of slight, like the film rushed through the SparkNotes version of the story. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
But to the generation encountering it for the first time, its pleasures should be unencumbered. While the emphasis on beguiling visuals slightly overshadows the performances, the cast is uniformly solid, and Secret Garden completists will appreciate the connection of Firth playing the father of the character he played in the 1987 TV movie. - 70
The New York Times
In a year defined by surprise, the predictability of The Secret Garden — a new film adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved 1911 novel — proves more charming than tedious. - 67
The A.V. Club
The Secret Garden is a mid-tier adaptation, though one with heart and soul. - 67
IndieWire
This film is not the best representation of Burnett’s works, which toed the line between the magical and the painful — but in the moments when it succeeds, The Secret Garden blossoms into something beautiful. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The latest adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel is not necessarily a bad film, just an unnecessary one. Given that we’ve already been treated to about a dozen film and TV (and anime!) adaptations, there is little that Munden and his creative team offer that is essential. - 50
Slant Magazine
In lieu of pluming the emotional states of the characters, the film resorts to a whimsical, otherworldly fantasy element as an easy resolution.
