Song of the Sea
85
metacriticBased on 24 Critics
83
Based on 139 Users

Release Date: 2014

DVD Release Date: March 17th, 2015

PG |1 hr 34 min

Plot Summary

An Irish youth (David Rawle) discovers that his mute sister is a selkie who must find her voice and free supernatural creatures from the spell of a Celtic goddess (Fionnula Flanagan).

Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, David Rawle, Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Lisa Hannigan, Lucy O'Connell

Director: Tomm Moore

Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Animated

Production Co: Irish Film Board, Cartoon Saloon

Keywords: Heartwarming , Sister , Love ,

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Ratings & Reviews

  • 100
    Tirdad DerakhshaniPhiladelphia Inquirer

    A transcendent work from Ireland's Cartoon Saloon studio that's almost wasted on kids. show more

  • 80
    Boyd van HoeijThe Hollywood Reporter

    The narrative’s general rites-of-passage layout is of course extremely familiar, though, especially for foreign audiences, many of the stories-within-stories and characters that dot this particular journey will feel new as well as delightful. show more

  • 90
    Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal

    Song of the Sea was made primarily, though not exclusively, for young children. Its unhurried pace will serve as an antidote to, or even an inoculation against, the mad rush of most contemporary animation. This is a film made by the other crowd, people who care about helping children to care about the medium of film for the rest of their lives. show more

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Awards

Nominated Animated Feature Film
Oscars Academy Awards (2014)