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Tom's Midnight Garden

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1989 | 156 min | Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for sci-fi fans, fantasy fans and adventure fans. If you loved Where the Wild Things Are or The Secret of NIMH, start here.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
Epic and sweeping, at 2 hr 36 min.
What might put you off
  • No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
  • It's long: 2 hr 36 min.

Forced to stay with his aunt and uncle for the summer holidays, Tom Long is lonely and bored, until one night he hears the clock strike 13. He suddenly finds himself transported to a magical Victorian garden of the 1880s and meets a girl.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 2K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Christine Secombe

  • Jeremy RamplingTom Long
  • Simon FentonPeter Long
  • Shaughan SeymourUncle Alan
  • Isabelle AmyesAunt Gwen
  • Caroline WaldronHatty
  • Renée AshersonMrs Bartholomew
  • Richard GarnettAbel
  • Sarah Jane McKechnieMrs Long
  • Tessa BurbridgeSusan
  • Katherine SchofieldAunt Grace