The Secret Life of Plants

19781978
GG
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

181

YOUR RATING

Documentary Family

Documents the pain and joy plants experience and how they communicate it. Soundtrack by Stevie Wonder.Documents the pain and joy plants experience and how they communicate it. Soundtrack by Stevie Wonder.Documents the pain and joy plants experience and how they communicate it. Soundtrack by Stevie Wonder.

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

181

YOUR RATING

Director
- Walon Green
Writers
- Christopher Bird(based on the book)
- Peter Tompkins(based on the book)
Stars
- Ruby Crystal(voice)
- John Ashley Hamilton
- Eartha Robinson

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Awards
- 1 nomination

Documents the pain and joy plants experience and how they communicate it. Soundtrack by Stevie Wonder.

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Taglines
- An incredible world of beauty and terror with a haunting music score by Stevie Wonder.
Genres
- Documentary
- Family
Certificate
- G
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

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Soundtracks
Come Back as a Flower
Written by Stevie Wonder
Sung by Syreeta

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7/10

Crackpot science never looked or sounded so good

The Secret Life of Plants is a long, rambling documentary built around New Age pseudoscience - seeds communicating with distant stars, laughably dubious "experiments" such as a telepathic cabbage identifying the "murderer" who mutilated a fellow vegetable, etc.

But if you can get past the crackpot stuff, it's an audio-visual treat. Spectacular cloud forests, stunning macro and time-lapse photography, and an astounding original soundtrack by Stevie Wonder.

The soundtrack stands on its own, and is available on CD; the movie remains unavailable on DVD or VHS, but turns up occasionally in art house theatres.

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