Guest Blogger: Kelly P1

The contrasts of the characters in the movie, The Secret Garden (1993) make the story line even more interesting. Directed by Agnieszka Holland, Mary Lennox is a little girl who has been neglected by her parents and grew up to be a stubborn and sour girl in India. One day an earthquake occurs, her parents die and Mary moved to England to live with her distant uncle because of the loss of his wife (Mary’s aunt). She is also neglected by all the servants and her distant uncle, so she goes out and discovers the castle and land herself. While exploring, she finds a hidden garden that once belonged to her aunt and has been locked up ever since her death and she meets an ill boy around her age, who turns out to be her cousin. Mary’s discovery may change the lives of everyone around her. Kate Maberly plays Mary and does an incredible job of being stubborn, but for a kid, that’s no hard job to do. Colin, Mary’s ill cousin is played by Heydon Prowse does a well job of acting ill, the stance he has from back problems, and the way he shivers when given a bath. This movie portrays the growth of magic and love and that love in family is always there and cannot disappear. Critic, Janet Maslin explains how readers of the book would be proud of the movie. The characters in the movie are what the readers would expect to see, the little details of each character is encrypted in the minds of the actors and actresses. I agree that the movie follows along with the book pretty well, but I read the book after, so that might have had an effect on how I portrayed it. Overall, I think this was a great, warm-hearted movie that anyone can enjoy. It is a feel-good movie with many emotions intertwined within the movie and it is definitely worth the time to watch it.