Der geheime Garten

This is an enjoyable film but if you are expecting a film of the book you won't get it. It begins accurately enough but segues into pure fantasy. The secret garden, which should be a walled garden of ordinary size becomes a massive acreage. The whole point is that the garden is neglected and Mary's story is about rescuing the garden, tending it with Dickon, learning to sow and grow plants and through the garden saving Colin and herself. That was all lost here with the garden some sort of Eden that would be most unlikely in Yorkshire and totally unrealistic. Why make a film of a book and then completely ignore the book? Disappointing.

Not much happens in the film, and the characters are rather flat and dull. The colour scheme is beautiful, but it doesn't save the film from being a bore. I'm not the target demographic, so I thought it was pretty but boring.

It seems roughly every 7 years someone makes another adaptation, this is still a fine movie but how many more versions do we need, get a life. Are all the writers, producers and directors of today braindead unimaginative slugs without any new Ideas that they have to constantly remake already well known popular films. Time for a new generation of creative, imaginative and original movie makers to arise and take over .

I nearly didn't watch it because of the awful reviews on this site. I"m glad I have learned to use my own discrepancy . I've seen all the original films and read the book. So I had an idea what to expect. I wanted a bit of fantasy and escapism. The Secret garden is comforting and familiar territory . Beautiful scenery, good acting nice familiar storyline. it was exactly what I needed during this miserable Covid-19 time. Please ignore the ridiculously negative reviews and snuggle down and with it for yourself.

1993s movie was perfectly good , no need for this remake- its not good