10-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 washed out to sea in a cradle shaped like a boat; someone in the family believes the boy is being raised by the seals. Then Fiona catches sight of a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish and takes an active role in unc... (Full plot summary below)
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10-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 washed out to sea in a cradle shaped like a boat; someone in the family believes the boy is being raised by the seals. Then Fiona catches sight of a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish and takes an active role in uncovering the secret of Roan Inish.
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| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksA lovely, lyrical and intelligent Irish fable. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Anne BillsonI wish I liked it more, but there's more than whiff of worthy Irish heritage in the air, and the story drifts all over the place. I'm afraid I kept drifting off as well. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsScott RenshawThose with a taste for something crafted with grace, confidence and a feel for the power of a well-told tale will find this one Secret worth sharing. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is the exhilarating account of the way Fiona rediscovers her family's history and reclaims their island. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAn enchanting story about magic and tradition that is suitable for family viewing. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenOne of Mr. Sayles's artistic strengths (and commercial liabilities) is his refusal to make movies that knock you over the head with larger-than-life characters and emotions. |
| New YorkerBruce DionesThe rhythms are placid and the camerawork (by Haskell Wexler) is simple and unfussy. The film's a charm. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyJohn Sayles' latest marks his entry into family-pic terrain, a crossing that draws pleasant but unexciting results. |
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSayles demonstrates again his amazing breadth of interest and the extent to which he can't be pigeonholed. |
| Globe and MailRick GroenA bauble, perhaps, but smartly mounted and sweetly offered -- a Disney flick with brains. |
