The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden
7.4

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Directed by: Agnieszka Holland

Overview

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

The Secret Garden

Reviews (2)

  • Wuchak (Rated: 9)

    Beautiful, reverent, awe-inspiring

    To be honest, I remember seeing previews of this movie way back when it came out (in 1993) and thinking to myself, "WHY would anyone want to see such a film and why would anyone make it?" Well, about five years later it appeared on TV one night and I start...

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)

    I always remember loving the BBC's Sunday tea-time adaptation of this from 1975, and this is about as close to that as I've seen from the cinema. It's really quite a simple story of the young "Mary" (Kate Maberly) who has to go and live with her uncle (John Lynch) at his stately home after her paren...

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