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The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden tells the story about Mary Lennox, a lonely orphan girl who goes to live with her uncle in a forbidding British manor house that is full of secrets. With the help of a local boy, the girl sets out to restore the garden and, once it is blooming again, she discovers it has magical powers.
















28 March 1968, Hertfordshire, England, UK


26 December 1961, Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK

28 December 1934, Ilford, Essex, England, UK






15 July 1966, Suresnes, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

1981, England, UK



August 01, 2013
This lavish treatment originated from Coppola's Zoetrope studio and follows their several successful films made for family audiences.
August 01, 2013
It's as if the moviemakers were trying to cook up a New Age Yorkshire pudding, without meat drippings -- what's missing is Burnett's robust optimism and animistic energy.
August 01, 2013
This enchanted tale vividly shows how love heals and nurtures barren souls, makes them flourish like abundant Edens.
August 01, 2013
The film is not as enchanting as it should be.
August 01, 2013
Though it can get laborious, and produces the odd unintended chuckle, The Secret Garden is charming and sometimes chillingly authentic.
August 01, 2013
That`s a more upscale marketing concept than Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but it still doesn't make the movie any good.
August 01, 2013
While drawing superb performances from her young leads, Holland has masterfully contrasted the garden -- a place where melodic robins seem almost conversant -- with the dread of Misselthwaite.
August 01, 2013
Any kids' movie that aims for something richer than the Saturday-matinee escapism of smiling whales and preschool ninjas -- that actually captures some of the mystery of childhood -- ought to be embraced. whatever its peculiarities.
August 01, 2013
The movie's dark themes, unhurried pace and talkiness make it something of a gamble for many children. But older children -- especially those who have been asking specific questions about death -- may find some nourishment in this garden.
August 01, 2013
Rather than a fresh breeze, it's the stale air of gilded calculation, the uncomfortable feeling that things are excessively "just so," that overhangs much that is genuinely appealing about this film.
August 01, 2013
The result is an instant classic -- rich, dense, resonant, powerful.
August 01, 2013
The film retains the gothic atmosphere of the book and looks amazing, thanks to Roger Deakins's scintillating photography. Stealing the show is Maggie Smith as beastly housekeeper Mrs Medlock.