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Overview

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7.3/10   3,582 votes
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Director:
John Sayles
Writers (WGA):
Rosalie K. Fry (book)
John Sayles (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 February 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Family | Fantasy more
Tagline:
The secret's out! more
Plot:
10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
charming and magical more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jeni Courtney ... Fiona
Pat Slowey ... Priest
Dave Duffy ... Jim
Declan Hannigan ... Oldest brother
Mairéad Ní Ghallchóir ... Barmaid
Eugene McHugh ... Bar Patron 1
Tony Rubini ... Bar Patron 2
Mick Lally ... Hugh
Eileen Colgan ... Tess
Richard Sheridan ... Eamon
Micheal MacCarthaigh ... Schoolmaster
Fergal McElherron ... Sean Michael
Brendan Conroy ... Flynn
John Lynch ... Tadhg
Frankie McCafferty ... Tim
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for some moments that may be disquieting to small children.
Runtime:
103 min
Country:
USA | Ireland
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
County Donegal, Ireland

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Crew or equipment visible: Near the end of the film, when the seals push the cradle-boat back into the sea, you can clearly see a hand at the top left corner of the frame grab the cradle and pull it. more

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17 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
charming and magical, 4 June 2004
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Author: Charles Herold (cherold) from United States

I saw this listed in TV guide, and watched it because the description made me imagine it would be a simple, charming movie. I didn't realize it was a John Sayles movie until I saw his name on the credits and then I thought it might be something different; I don't associate Sayles with simple family movies. But in fact, this is pretty much the movie I was hoping for, full of Irish charm and blarney, beautiful filmed and full of magic and wonder. One hesitates to call it a children's movie or a family movie because those are generally awful, but it is very much the sort of movie that is perfect to take the family too (although it is unaccountably rated PG). But it's not *just* a kid's movie, it's a movie with magic for anyone, and I would put it in the same category as Alfonso Cuarón's A Little Princess, another movie that treats children not in the Disney aren't-they-cute way but as real thinking individuals. This is a lovely drama featuring a child rather than a kid's movie, but it works on either level.

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