Synopsis
11 year-old Milton Adams is growing up in an uncertain world. With his parents constantly stressing about their careers and finances, and the neighborhood bully tormenting him, Milton feels his whole world is in crisis. But when his Grandpa Howard comes to visit, he discovers anxiety about the past and worrying about the future only make things worse and prevent him from finding true happiness moment to moment.
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Cast
- Michelle RodriguezMs. Ferguson
- Mia KirshnerJane Adams
- Donald SutherlandGrandpa Howard
- David SutcliffeBill Adams
- Ella BallentineAnna
- Percy Hynes WhiteCarter
- Hays WellfordTim
- Stephen HuszarHusband
- Jessica GrecoCarter's Mom
- William AinscoughMilton
Recommendations
- 58
The Film Stage
The cinematic version of this children’s book retains an air of wonder steeped in simple resonate clichés for younger viewers enduring the same hardships as Milton Adams. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Sutherland brings some believable warmth to a film whose spiritual "aha" moments are generally packaged too tidily to hit home. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Based on the picture book co-authored by Power of Now superstar Eckhart Tolle, Milton’s Secret carries a powerful and important message, but the film feels ham-fisted, clichéd and overearnest at times, especially for adult viewers. - 38
Movie Nation
Movies like this grate largely because of their test tube “solutions” to real world problems as old as the species. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Even for something preaching spiritual tranquility, Milton’s Secret exhibits the barest trace of a pulse. - 30
Variety
Even a prickly pro like Sutherland can’t do anything to elevate a hokey self-help lecture disguised as family entertainment.
