Twelve-year-old Milton Adams (William Ainscough) feels his world is in crisis when he becomes the victim of bullying at his school. When his grandfather visits, Milton learns rehashing the past and worrying about the future are preventing him from finding true happiness.
Milton's Secret carries a powerful and important message, but the film feels ham-fisted, clichéd and overearnest at times, especially for adult viewers.
The theme of enlightenment has seldom come across as leaden as it is in "Milton's Secret," a dull drama based on the children's novel of the same name by spiritual author Eckhart Tolle.
Bain's film functions as a delivery system for Tolle's spiritual philosophy, and might have been the New Age equivalent of a stilted faith-based drama if not for its smart, nuanced performances.
