The Secret Garden

I love the original story line, but this was painful to sit through. The acting was forced and awkward. They couldn't seem to figure out what decade they were in going between marvelling at "airships" to drones flying around. The story is not true to the classic. This was a disgrace and should not share the name "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.

I like the steampunk variation idea. I like clean fun family entertainment. I love the original book. The set was fine. But, I've seen middle school plays with better acting and costuming.

-The characters were one dimensional and the lines terribly delivered. For example: the doctor glared whenever he was on and delivered all his lines in the same tone.

-Colin crying? The whole family laughed outloud at what should have been a troubling scene. No emotion evoked in the entire movie.

-Mary and Dicken do tolerably, but no one else can act at all.

• Martha's hair? What?

-The creepy doll? Creepy.

-The neglectful father? What a stupid character.

Horrible acting. Looked like an amateur school play. Story was good, could have been made beautifully. You could actually predict the entire play. waste of time and money

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.