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Tom's Midnight Garden

1999 · 107 min

A gentle, nostalgic fantasy that unfolds slowly, blending loneliness with wonder and a touch of melancholy.

Directed by
Willard Carroll
Genres
Family, Mystery, Adventure
Starring
Anthony Way, Nigel Le Vaillant, Marlene Sidaway
Tagline
It was a special time... and a special place....
Overview
When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious, he is not allowed to play outside and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden.

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Directed by
Willard Carroll
Genres
Family, Mystery, Adventure
Starring
Anthony Way, Nigel Le Vaillant, Marlene Sidaway
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • friendship
  • memory
  • family
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • single country house
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism5
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
family, mystery, adventure, fantasy
Directed by
Willard Carroll
Written by
Willard Carroll
Starring
Anthony Way, Nigel Le Vaillant, Marlene Sidaway, Serena Gordon, Greta Scacchi, James Wilby, Alfie Lawrence, Mel Martin
Music
Debbie Wiseman
Cinematography
Gavin Finney
Runtime
107 min
Country
Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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