I have absolutely no knowledge of author Phillipa Pearce or any of her novels and if TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN is typical of her work I probably would have had little interest in her books as a child . When I was a child I wasn't really interested in litreture unless it had soldiers fighting monsters complete with a high body count

Judging by this film version of TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN I guess Pearce writes for lower middle class kids since much of the story of revolves around protagonist Tom Long moving to a house with no garden then suddenly finding a metaphysical one . Having a garden of your own was no doubt something that working class people didn't have in the 1950s so I guess there's some political class ridden subtext there somewhere . There's also a romance involving a young girl called Hattie but again are cynical kids amoured by love stories ? Perhaps the worst criticism is that very little in the way of excitement or adventure happens within the narrative

This is a childrens film that seems dated by its source . It's inoffensive but I'm surprised by its high rating by the IMDB voters . I wonder how many of them would have given it so many high marks if they were 10 year olds who'd just seen the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy ?
Choose your answer. What is the sentiment of this review?
Choose from: (A). negative; (B). positive;
(A).