37
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakThe 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.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSutherland brings some believable warmth to a film whose spiritual "aha" moments are generally packaged too tidily to hit home.
- 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.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreMovies like this grate largely because of their test tube “solutions” to real world problems as old as the species.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenEven for something preaching spiritual tranquility, Milton’s Secret exhibits the barest trace of a pulse.
- 30VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireEven a prickly pro like Sutherland can’t do anything to elevate a hokey self-help lecture disguised as family entertainment.