I appreciated the development of the backstory for Mary’s and Colin’s mothers in The Secret Garden. Overall, I thought this movie did a great job of telling the story and staying true to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic story. In other places, the movie added more details than the book did, for example, to the history of Mary’s and Colin’s mothers. Nuances of the development of Mary’s and Colin’s relationship were left out, as were a few other details. There were many places in The Secret Garden where it felt like the movie took one giant step where the novel took ten tiny steps. We have a saying in our house about books and movies: “The book is always better than the movie.” For me, it’s hard to see a favourite novel made into a movie because there’s no way that a movie producer can fit everything in a book into a 90-minute movie. Mary must find a way to help both her uncle, her cousin and herself deal with their memories of the past before she’s banished from the house. When he discovers that Mary has been wandering the house against his orders, he gets ready to send her away to boarding school. Her uncle, however, is much less impressed with her bossy attitude. Mary is more than his equal in bossiness, and when she decides that the magic of the garden is just what Colin needs, she doesn’t take no for an answer. Confined to his bed by his fears of dying young or growing a hunchback like his father, Colin bosses Mary around as he’s always bossed the servants around. One night, as Mary hears cries from another part of the house, she ventures out of her room and discoverers her cousin Colin. Together, they work to restore the garden to its former beauty. Through her dog, Mary also meets Dicken, a boy from the moors. There, she makes friends with a stray dog, who one days leads her to a secret garden. Instructed by the housekeeper not to “poke about the house,” she spends her time out of doors. When Mary’s parents die of cholera in India, she is sent to England to live with her uncle. I was provided with a complimentary screener link to view this movie all opinions expressed are my own. (Pssst-I’ve got an iTunes giveaway for the movie so scroll down to enter!!!) Now, The Secret Garden has been brought to life again on the big screen starring Colin Firth and Dixie Egerickx. In each stage of life, there were different aspects of the story that spoke to me. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is one such novel that I enjoyed as a child, again as a teen, and yet again as an adult. Lately, I’ve come to appreciate classic stories that can be enjoyed in different ways at different seasons of life. Planning your summer vacation? Check out my travel tips and ideas! North American Martyrs Kids Activity Book.
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