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Summary: Delightful
Review: A delightful movie all the family can enjoy. It is well acted by all the performers. I felt like I was sitting by the fireside listening to fascinating family stories. I found this movie to be a real treat.
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Summary: Best movie in a loooong time
Review: Total family movie. I loved it when it first came out and still do. First saw it when i was 10. Gorgeously done, well acted out. If you havent seen it yet, i recomend seeing it now. If you love irish stories, or irish movies, you'll be sure to love this one.
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Summary: Secret of Roan Inish
Review: The Secret of Roan Inish is a family video in the nicest sense. It can be enjoyed by both adults and children with neither becoming bored. The story telling within the story is gripping. It is a memorable video. I wish there were more movies made like this. My children, boys ages 11 to 13 enjoyed it. Younger children and girls would also enjoy it.
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Summary: I bought it twice!
Review: I loved this movie so much when I first saw it, I began recommending it to my family. Last year I bought it as a gift for my mother, this year I bought it for my daughters and myself. It is a wonderful tale of family, and the importance of our connection to the natural world and the land. More than an Irish tale, it is a story for anyone who loves simple pleasures, warm emotions and determined characters.
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Summary: Children treated with dignity and allowed to be important!
Review: I have purchased this film for as many children as I can. Iguess the PG rating comes from a naked 2 year old running across thebeach, or possibly the sight of a person emerging from a seal's skin. I was impressed by the fact that a child could be believed, their wishes honored, their importance in a family affirmed. We American's tend to require little of our offspring, and view them more as pets to be tolerated than significant human beings to be encouraged and cherished. This film has a lot to teach us, despite its slow progression and sometimes awkward acting. My short friends, neices and nephews have been spell bound, no matter what age.
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Summary: Could have been better
Review: A very interesting myth, absolutely ruined in the end. The power of myth is that it remains beyond our grasp, it does not enter into our world but moves outside where it has the power to instruct and inspire us. It is within our vision but lost to our touch. The myth in Roan Inish teaches about belonging--and though the subdued, moody cinemtography and music are wonderful, the plotting does move too slowly. With such stunning, languid cinematography the storyline should have had a more snappy progression. The acting was competent but stiff on the part of almost everyone but Fiona. The actors sounded like they were reading lines rather than letting their own sense of magic about the tale flow into their performances. The story itself should have been far more moving, because the idea was great and the myth could have had a ton of poignancy. The impact was utterly ruined by having the family actually take the lost child back at the end. The point was that little Fiona's belief in the myth and her dreams of little Jamie should have been enough to get her family to return in love to Roan Inish. They did, but the "reunion" destroyed the sense of wonder. Myths should remain ethereal and above our world...they should touch us only in our hearts and our belief in the wondrous. They have little power otherwise.
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Summary: Nice Irish tale.
Review: This is a sweet little story that will warm the cockles of your heart. The performances are excellent.
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Summary: Great movie! Bad acting!
Review: They did a very good job on this movie. But the acting was very weak. I think that they could have picked much bettter actors. I loved the story line.
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Summary: good
Review: this is a great family film. a definate movie to watc
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Summary: A movie for the child in all
Review: This is one of the loveliest films of the last decade. The pace is probably too slow for most younger children. Older children may appreciate it, but in all honesty, this is a movie for adults like me, who never really grew up. It's a sweet fantasy, told in the gorgeous natural setting of the western coast of Ireland. The music is all enchanting Irish airs, and the performances are all very good, especially young Jeni Courtney, in her film debut.
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