The Secret Garden
Seen it?1987 | 100 min | TV Movie, Drama, Family
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for families. If you loved It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 40 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG: a parent's death or loss and peril. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsSolid
Won 1 Emmy: Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Children's Program.
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 32K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Alan Grint
- Gennie JamesMary Lennox
- Barret OliverDickon Sowerby
- Jadrien SteeleColin Craven
- Michael HordernBen Weatherstaff
- Billie WhitelawMrs. Medlock
- Derek JacobiArchibald Craven
- Cassie StuartMartha Sowerby
- Pat HeywoodMrs. Sowerby
- Alison DoodyLilias
- Edward Tudor-PoleJohn the Footman