The Secret Garden Review: A Lush Look at Love and Loss

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As a child, I was probably more akin to the young heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess; always believing I was a secretly a princess and yelling about the unfairness of a world that no longer believed in magic. But despite our differences, I always held a deep affection for Burnett's anti-heroine, Mary Lennox. I feel like this latest adaptation of The Secret Garden from STX Films, shows why I was right to back this dark horse. Set against the lush green backdrops of India and England, this adaptation of Burnett's classic story delves deep into the love and loss that has always hovered over this tale.
Produced by the good people behind the recent Paddington films, The Secret Garden follows Mary (Dixie Egerickx) and Colin (Edan Hayhurst), orphaned cousins connected by their twin mothers. Mary has grown up in India because her father was stationed in the country while it was occupied by British imperial forces. Colin has grown up in Misselthwait