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Brendan Gleeson, Christen Mooney, Evan McGuire, Mick Lally

The animated story of the boy behind the famed Book of Kells.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 15 min.

Directed by: Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore

Release Date: February 1, 2009

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  • sjcole4
    February 7, 2010
    sjcole4
    Staking claim as 2009's most visually original and creative animated film is The Secret of Kells, and it's absolutely a brilliant work of art. Dimensions blur and perspective escapes it often, but this never henders the film, instead it successfully serves as an original take on ...( read more)animated storytelling. The film is only held back by a slightly underdeveloped story and a pacing that is too quick. It seems like it's in a big hurry to get done, which is a shame since you'll want to savor every second of this visual treat.
  • placeinthesun455
    February 3, 2010
    placeinthesun455
    this movie makes a lot of assumptions--first and foremost that the audience knows what the Book of Kells is (an elaborately illuminated text of the four gospels). while the story itself is very well-crafted with mythology and the journey of a young hero, the hero's "quest" is co...( read more)mpleting this book. for some mysterious and unexplained reason, the brilliant illuminations in this book of unknown content will bring light to dark times--certainly a noble sentiment, but why THIS book? what is the Secret of Kells? overall, I felt this was an extremely well-animated film with an outstanding score and a very solid concept. unfortunately it suffered from a lack of completeness--character development, plot details, background story, etc.
  • Macgyver911
    February 3, 2010
    Macgyver911
    Kinda boring and overly stylised for my tastes
  • dipa89
    February 2, 2010
    dipa89

  • jordan124
    December 23, 2008
    jordan124
    My most looked-forward to new film at the moment.

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