The Mighty Celt (2005)

The Mighty Celt: Directed by Pearse Elliott. With Ken Stott, Tyrone McKenna, Gillian Anderson, Richard Dormer. In this tender coming-of-age story, a young boy from a broken home learns the harsh realities of life after adopting an awkward greyhound and befriending a mysterious figure from his mother’s past.

“The story line on this is fairly mainstream, but set in an Irish framework.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe accents here are noted as being u0026quot;very realisticu0026quot; by friends who appreciate Irish lore, history and culture, but are fairly difficult to discern by those of us who are u0026quot;dialect-challengedu0026quot;. Other comments note the accuracy of the accents, but do consider turning the subtitles on with this one in order to catch the idiom and other nuances.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe character development is middle-of-the-road, and the cinematography is nicely done.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story develops predictably, with only a few bumps in the road for younger viewers while more than adequately maintaining the interest of the adult viewing crowd.”