capone666
Luck of the IrishThe reason the Irish are so lucky is because they bathe in the blood of Leprechauns.And while it is unfortunate that this family-comedy doesn't address the issue of exploiting wee folk, it does speak to their inexplicable good fortune.When Kyle (Ryan Merriman)–star basketball player and luckiest kid in school–loses his lucky coin, he finds himself reverting into a leprechaun.Informed by his mother that he is of little people linage, and that losing the charm means no more luck or human guise, Kyle and his grandfather (Henry Gibson) set out to reclaim the family heirloom from the impish faerie that stole it.While this Disney Channel Original Movie is reminiscent of others like it, i.e. horrible acting, ridiculous dialogue and infantile plot, its shrewd manipulation of Irish stereotypes and fey folklore sets it apart.Besides, becoming a leprechaun isn't so bad – who needs all their limbs? (Yellow Light)
sandynpat
A popular teenager who is phenomenally lucky in everything he does--tests, sports, and avoiding difficulties--has a rude awakening.In an effort to prepare for his school's Heritage Day, he attends an Irish festival and is robbed of his lucky charm. This event also leads him to find his estranged grandfather and begin a series of unlucky incidents ending with the discovery that his mom is a leprechaun.He then must battle the evil leprechaun thief for the return of his family's luck. The age-old Gaelic sports competition is especially fun to watch.The final out-tricking of the bad guy is clever and entertaining. I found this to be a delightful family film.
Moodz00
I love this movie...try to watch it whenever it's on the Disney Channel. Being Irish I enjoy the little nuances they bring to the film, and the cast does an excellant job. It's a great family film, and it serves perfectly as an annual holiday (St. Patrick's Day)special treat. Oh, and the backgrounds in the outdoor scenes are breathtaking!
hippiedestroyer
I don't know what to think of this movie. Well, other than the fact that it's God-awful. It's amazing, in fact, that it finds a way to suck on so many levels. It's a triumph in sucktitude, if you will. But I'm still not sure if it can be called a "movie," seeing as it seems more like a pro-patriotism propaganda film, stolen verbatim from WW2 era movies of the same type and modernized, with horribly funny effects.You think I'm kidding? Watch this movie, you can see in your head the MST3K crew cracking jokes at scene after unintentionally hilarious scene; mainly because the jokes are so easy to write. Every scene, in fact, ends up being one characters lecture on what being an American really means. They do a God-awful job at being subtle and the lead characters role, I think, is to play the dumbest man in the universe, just so the other characters can explain to him how great America is. I can save you some time and write you a sample scene, seeing as they're all the same, I'll only have to write one:Irish kid: Boy, life is hard!Black girl: You never learn! When the Irish came to America they had to get jobs nobody else would take, for little to no-pay, and they had to live in very poor housing, and it would snow on them wherever they went, and evil Americans would release raccoons into their pants while they slept!Irish kid: Duhhhmmmm...really!?!?!?! I never knew the Irish had it so amazingly hard! Old Irish Grandfather: Aye, I'm stereotypical Irish guy. I have an accent not even a man of Irish decent would have. Let's follow this rainbow to the gold!Black boy: Rainbows don't really exist! They're just light refracting off the water in the air.Old Irish Grandfather: Ah lad, you some sort of scientist or something?Black boy: No, but I hope to be one someday, in this America, land of the free, home of the brave, where opportunity is abundant and racism doesn't exist, look at me everybody I'm black and I can be a scientist. I am making a stern statement in this movie!(END SCENE)I'm not exaggerating. And the end is what comical dreams are made of. The main character is on a stage in front of his school, dancing an Irish jig, and singing "America the Beautiful." The other characters come to join him - I was crying tears of joy.The filming is standard, looks like everything else on the Disney channel. But the script is inept in so many ways in makes one think, how many monkeys on type writers would it take to make THIS script? It's like they wrote down "AMERICA IS THE BESTEST LAND EVER", and then ran it through some Disney magic and called it a day. I can only imagine the producers, with their curly beards and cigars, looking like the producers in Barton Fink, as they pound their fists on desks, make snide remarks and roll this movie into production as they scream, "Brilliant, the kid's will eat it right up." Oh yes - Disney is that evil
