when write or direct a child film and far too oftenpeople find it necessary to dumb down work in order to cater toa young audience . fortunately this be not the case with thesecret garden and a film in which the story it present be wellcrafted and intelligent and and appeal to both young and oldaudiences . in many way the production could have gonedreadfully wrong . one can see where in the hand of a lesstalented writer or director the story could have becomemelodramatic and overly sentimental and or comical and yet the secretgarden be a beautifully executed picture that ring true a aresult of it naturalistic storytelling . much of this be due tothe credit of it fine cast . frequently and child actor areemployed to act cute onscreen and but there be not a young actorin this movie who do not give a performance of great depth . infact and it can easily be argue that each one of these childrenexhibit great skill than many adult currently work in therealm of cinema . but what be at the heart of the secret gardenis a beautiful lyrical story about love and childhood and growth and andhealing . there be moment in the film that be so genuinelytouching the viewer heart almost stop . such be the case ofthe scene in which the bedridden collin be escort outside ofhis house and his eye open to see spread before him hismother beautiful garden . no line of dialogue be necessary and forthe happiness and peace that appear on collin face speakvolumes in regard to his character . the film end emotion be so rich and move that it isimpossible for the filmgoer to sit untouched . this story be anabsolute delight and and should be a must for .