Movie

The Secret Garden

1987 · 100 min

A gentle, old-fashioned costume drama that slowly blooms from loneliness and grief into warmth and hope.

Tagline: The timeless tale of a special place where magic, hope and love grow.
Overview: When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, healing, found family, friendship
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
healing
found family
friendship
identity
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none