Stometer
Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Phonearl
Good start, but then it gets ruined
Roxie
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
TheLittleSongbird
For me this is one Disney's best and perhaps one of the more underrated live-action classics. It is a film that makes me smile and happy every time I see it. The special effects are marvellous and hold up surprisingly well today, for me only the banshee is a disappointment, but compared to the rest that's relative. The scenery is absolutely lovely and captured by some splendid cinematography, and the music is always delightful and catchy in how it sticks in your head, and I mean this in a good way. There is also a sweet and imaginative story and witty and charming dialogue. The acting is great, Albert Sharpe is wonderful and Janet Munro is good value. Sean Connery, before the time of James Bond, is dashing and likable, his singing is not great as such but I also don't mind it. In conclusion, this little film is a sheer delight. 10/10 Bethany Cox
jlorenzoar
I find it hard to believe you can't always find this movie running on St. Patty's Day! I finally bought it on DVD and can't believe how many people have not seen this flick. Sean Connery is so young and the scenery, songs and effects are so good for the time it still makes me smile and laugh out loud. Of course the characters are classic Disney and the lessons are as relevant and timeless as this movie. We're already planning a screening as part of the St. Patrick's Day events. I really want to watch it tonight, but I'll wait. I'm just about 58 years old now and I'll watch this flick every year as long as I can. Top O the Day to you now!!!
ccthemovieman-1
Boy, this is about as Irish as it gets: accents, terminology that is foreign to most other people but fun to hear, leprechauns, pots of gold, three wishes (no more), other magic, Irish jigs and a few songs, lush countryside with plenty of green.....and a lot of good-natured blarney. It's old-fashioned, innocent fun, with a love story thrown in the mix.The latter involves a very young-looking Sean Connery. It's a shock to see him when he was in his late '20s, and even more of a shock to hear him sing, too! Three years later, Connery hit the jackpot (acting, not singing) playing James Bond in "Dr. No," and the rest is history.In this Walt Disney film, he plays "Michael McBride" who winds up falling for "Katie O'Gill." The latter is played by Janet Munro, a pretty woman who had the opposite screen success of Connery. After staring in a few of these Disney movies in which she played wholesome girls, she did an about-face and played unhappy and edgy characters and that, it turned out, was a poor choice. Alocholism then led to the tragic misfortune of contracting a fatal illness which killed her at the age of 38.The lead character, "Darby O'Gill," is played very convincingly by Albert Sharpe. He was definitely the "character" of the story.This movie is a nice, feel-good film filled with a laughing horse, the good guys winning over the bad, a few dramatic moments, singing and dancing "little people," and an assortment of Irish delights. I think kids would still like this film, even though it's dated with the special-effects, but that's to be expected. After all, the film is almost 50 years old. It has a pleasant feel to it and should still entertain folks today.
kenjha
Old man Darby meets leprechauns but the townspeople think that he's just a drunken fool. The scenery is nice but the story is unfocused and only marginally interesting for the most part, eventually becoming supernatural and illogical, with some scenes that may be too scary for youngsters, who presumably are the target audience for this hokum. One of the biggest problems is that there are no subtitles! For those without Irish ears, most of the thickly-accented dialog spoken by Sharpe, as Darby, and Winwood, as a conniving old woman, is incomprehensible. It is nice to see Connery in one of his earliest roles (he sings!) and Munro is lovely.
