Fresh
The rhythms are placid and the camerawork (by Haskell Wexler) is simple and unfussy. The film's a charm.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
The Secret of Roan Inish
Between land and sea there is a place where myths are real.
1994 · 1h 43m · PG
Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
John Sayles
Overview
Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Rotten
John Sayles' latest marks his entry into family-pic terrain, a crossing that draws pleasant but unexciting results.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Fresh
Moving from passion fish to mystical seals, versatile filmmaker John Sayles' latest is a first-rate, all-ages fairy tale steeped in Irish folklore.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
This is all rather low-key and uninsistent, but the settings are gorgeous, and Haskell Wexler's cinematography makes the most of them.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Tales within tales, a subtle sense of economic and social realities, fine landscape photography and strong performances make for an engrossing, unusual fantasy.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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