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The Secret Garden

2020

Marc Munden

Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Edan Hayhurst ...

4.9

902

Drama. Fantasy. Adventure Mary Lennox (Dixie Egerickx) is a prickly and unloved 10-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents. When they suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven (Colin Firth) on his remote country estate deep in the Yorkshire moors. There, she begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly after meeting her sickly cousin (Edan Hayhurst), who has been shut away in a wing of the house. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"This film is not the best representation of Burnett’s works (...) but in the moments when it succeeds, 'The Secret Garden' blossoms into something beautiful."	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A new version substitutes visual overkill for storytelling magic (...) [It] is top-heavy with images but still thin."	NEG
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Jack Thorne shakes up the framework, expanding the backstory and creating a more dramatic climax"	POS
United States	Anya Stanley AV Club	"No phantasmic flora or fauna can distract from the third act’s narrative slump (...) [It] is a mid-tier adaptation, though one with heart and soul."	NEU
United States	Lovia Gyarkye The New York Times	"[It displays] tender moments of vulnerability and joy that can teach even the most cynical among us a lesson or two."	POS
United States	Wes Greene Slant	"Its emphasis on the achievement of the individual is practically antithetical to the conclusion drawn by Frances Hodgson Burnett (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Tomris Laffly rogerebert.com	"The utmost compliment one could pay to the new version (...) is that it understands what makes Burnett’s work a worthwhile text to come back to generation after generation (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jake Coyle Miami Herald	"It's sluggish at times and too withdrawn for such a vibrant tale. But it stays nevertheless in tune with the spirit of Burnett's book"	NEU
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"A satisfyingly rich and beautiful film to watch (...) This film deserves its artistry to be recognised"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[It is] lovely to look at with all those vibrant colors (...) But it's not as magical as it should be"	NEU
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Children’s classic becomes a horror film (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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