Darby O'Gill And The Little People
The film tells the story of Darby O'Gill, a wily old codger, who matches wits with the king of the leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and a dashing younger man who has replaced him as caretaker.
1912, Ireland, UK
6 January 1902, Wisconsin, USA
11 September 1927, Dublin, Ireland
20 May 1917, USA
16 May 1893, Cumberland, England, UK
5 June 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
5 October 1924, Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
August 5, 1891 in Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA
15 April 1885, Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK
26 April 1905, Dublin, Ireland
April 30, 2007
One of the rare few family movies that should enchant both children and grown-ups.
March 25, 2006
[An] overpoweringly charming concoction of standard Gaelic tall stories, fantasy and romance.
July 30, 2003
This excellent fantasy romps through the folklore world of Ireland.
March 10, 2008
The film presents a series of utterly charming moments, some magical and some down-to-earth but, considering the setting, equally utopian.
March 14, 2007
I have to admit that by the second or third time I saw leprechauns depicted as magical by speeding up the film, I was hoping for someone to show up with a gun.
June 21, 2007
...ultimately an entertaining (if all-too-slight) piece of work.
September 25, 2004
It's a delightful movie filled with delightful characters, delightful scenery, and delightful special effects.
February 11, 2006
For those of a sentimental turn, there is the delight of watching young Connery romancing the ineffably wholesome Janet Munro, a couple of years before things turned nasty for Commander Bond at Crab Key with the somewhat more knowing Ursula Andress.
