The Secret Garden
1993 · Movie · G · 101 min · ★ 7.4 · 82% critics
After losing her parents, a lonely young girl is sent from India to live in a vast, gloomy English estate with a distant relative. While exploring the grounds, she discovers a long-locked garden and, with help from a local boy, begins bringing it back to life—uncovering hidden corners of the manor and finding a new sense of purpose.
Based on The Secret Garden
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Details
- Years
- 1993
- Release date
- 1993-08-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (976 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, gothic-tinged family story about grief, renewal, and discovery with a quietly magical feel, similar to A Little Princess; Not for you if you need fast pacing or constant action.
Pros: enchanting, dreamlike atmosphere; moving, heartfelt themes; beautiful music and visuals | Cons: slow, talky pacing; uneven child performances; changes may disappoint book fans
Themes
- based on novel or book
- servant
- garden
- uncle
- yorkshire
- little girl
- orphan
- woman director
- old mansion
- english garden
Cast & crew
Kate Maberly
as Mary Lennox
Heydon Prowse
as Colin Craven
Andrew Knott
as Dickon
Maggie Smith
as Mrs. Medlock
Irène Jacob
as Mary's Mother / Lilias Craven
- LC
Laura Crossley
as Martha
John Lynch
as Lord Archibald Craven
Walter Sparrow
as Ben Weatherstaff
- VH
Valerie Hill
as Cook
- AP
Andrea Pickering
as Betty Butterworth
Directed by Agnieszka Holland