The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Adventure · Family · Fantasy · 1959
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Movie details
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
“A touch O'Blarney... a heap O'Magic and A LOAD O'LAUGHTER!”
1959 Adventure · Family · Fantasy 1h 31m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.7 / 10
Community rating
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Darby O'Gill and the Little People?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Robert Stevenson
Written by
Lawrence Edward Watkin
Albert Sharpe
Darby O'Gill
Janet Munro
Katie O'Gill
Sean Connery
Michael MacBride
Jimmy O'Dea
King Brian
Kieron Moore
Pony Sugrue
Estelle Winwood
Sheelah Sugrue
Walter Fitzgerald
Lord Fitzpatrick
Court is in session
Put Darby O'Gill and the Little People on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.