The Secret Garden

This adaptation is small in scale, it looks and feels like a crowd-funded movie made for distribution online (or a made for TV movie). Unless you're willing to over-look the amateurish acting and lower overall production quality, this movie isn't for you.

The costumes are nice, it almost feels like the cast are a group of LARPers (Live Action Role-Players) who had access to a limited number of industrial locations and decided to make a movie. The aesthetic is Steam Punk, if you don't know what that is, then this movie is probably not for you.

The film-makers must have aimed for a 90 minute runtime, but they really should have condensed it down to 45-60 minutes. The story and pacing is far too slow (and dull) to keep younger audiences entertained, so if you're wanting to watch a family movie that's suitable for kids, this movie is probably not for you.

I've rated it 2/10, not because it's terrible, but because it has limited appeal. It may be passable for some people, but I believe most people will be bored if they weren't put off by the weak acting first.

Horrible acting, questionable plot changes. Using steampunk as a new setting is a great idea but dreadfully executed.

Possibly the worst thing I've done to my eyes in the past few months

The whole steampunk theme wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst either. The acting was horrible. I could hardly tolerate it. Don't waste your money on it.

The acting is terrible let me start off with that, almost cringey in some areas. However it is an interesting twist on a well loved story and the costumes and steam punk elements really add to it. Overall it is not a bad movie and a mostly enjoyable watch with the quarantine.

Being a big fan of the original I hadn't expected much from this remake. But it really was awful. Low budget with terrible acting, it lacks any emotion or excitement. Wish I hadn't wasted an hour and a half of my evening.