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  • 2016
  • PG
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2016
  • PG
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary Milton Adams is stressed. It’s no picnic being 11 years old in a world that is growing more uncertain every day. Milton’s mom and dad argue every night as their careers and financial security unravel around them. Milton’s whole community feels in crisis and to top it off, he is tormented by the neighborhood bully. When his Grandpa come...

Directed By: Barnet Bain

Written By: Eckhart Tolle, Robert Friedman, Donald Martin, Sara B. Cooper, Teri Armitage, Barnet Bain

  • 2016
  • PG
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2016
  • PG
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
Milton's Secret
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Milton Adams is stressed. It’s no picnic being 11 years old in a world that is growing more uncertain every day. Milton’s mom and dad argue every night as their careers and financial security unravel around them. Milton’s whole community feels in crisis and to top it off, he is tormented by the neighborhood bully. When his Grandpa come...

Directed By: Barnet Bain

Written By: Eckhart Tolle, Robert Friedman, Donald Martin, Sara B. Cooper, Teri Armitage, Barnet Bain

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Sep 29, 2016
The cinematic version of this children’s book retains an air of wonder steeped in simple resonate clichés for younger viewers enduring the same hardships as Milton Adams.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 29, 2016
Based on the picture book co-authored by Power of Now superstar Eckhart Tolle, Milton’s Secret carries a powerful and important message, but the film feels ham-fisted, clichéd and overearnest at times, especially for adult viewers.
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Sep 29, 2016
Sutherland brings some believable warmth to a film whose spiritual "aha" moments are generally packaged too tidily to hit home.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
38
Sep 20, 2016
Movies like this grate largely because of their test tube “solutions” to real world problems as old as the species.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 3, 2016
Even a prickly pro like Sutherland can’t do anything to elevate a hokey self-help lecture disguised as family entertainment.
By Geoff Berkshire FULL REVIEW
30
Sep 29, 2016
Even for something preaching spiritual tranquility, Milton’s Secret exhibits the barest trace of a pulse.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company BUCK Productions, Hulo Films, Riverside Entertainment
Release Date Sep 30, 2016
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating PG
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Tagline Be here. Now.
Website http://buckproductions.com/miltons-secret/
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Awards

Directors Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination
Madrid International Film Festival, ES
• 1 Nomination
Leo Awards
• 1 Nomination

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