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The Secret Garden

1993

Agnieszka Holland

Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott, Maggie Smith ...

6.5

4,359

Adventure. Drama Agnieszka Hollands adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnetts classic fairy tale, THE SECRET GARDEN is a highly entertaining family picture that is overflowing with gorgeous imagery. Ten-year-old Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) is a spoiled rich girl living in colonial India with her aloof parents who frequent elegant parties and leave her with servants who attend to her every whim. When her parents are killed, however, Marys life changes ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Like all great stories for children, 'The Secret' Garden contains powerful truths just beneath the surface. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Edward Guthmann SFGATE	"It's an enchanting film, full of visual surprises and a story so simple and wise that it makes most 'children's' entertainment seem gaudy and facile and overly explicit"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"Executed to near perfection in all artistic departments, this superior adaptation of the perennial favorite novel will find its core public among girls , but should prove satisfying enough to a range of audiences"
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	The movie is earnest, heartfelt, and, for all its lavishness, rather plodding. Read full review
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A discreet and lovely rendering of the children's classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Read full review
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"As a children's movie with a fine sense of magic (without fantasy) and a great deal of feeling (without sentimentality), this beats the usual Disney junk hands down"
		Miami Herald	It's a gorgeous pastiche of flowers and Gothic architecture that, like a painting on a museum wall, never quite involves the viewer"

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