Based on Irish folklore and soaked with mythic iconography, "Song of the Sea" confronts loss and sorrow head-on.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 13, 2020

Prettily animated family adventure infused with Irish folklore and traditional Celtic design makes for a change of pace from slick Hollywood cartoons.

| Oct 25, 2020

This is an outstanding work: well animated, well designed, well told.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 10, 2020

Song Of The Sea is visually lush, but it's story is never too cluttered or busy. It doesn't depend on manic sugar rush energy to keep its intended audience of kids attention, but rather seeks to draw them into a fascinating, unique world.

| Jan 9, 2020

Song of the Sea is a stunning, magical piece of animation and an entertaining return for Tomm Moore and Cartoon Saloon.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 20, 2019

A breath of fresh air, as rare and as beautiful as the Selkies it depicts.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 7, 2019

Aided by stellar voice work from the inimitable Brendan Gleeson, among others, Moore's gorgeous sophomore feature is steeped in a transformative sense of sadness and longing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 7, 2019

Song of the Sea is one of the best animated films I've ever seen. Yep. I will use that hyperbole.

| Original Score: A+ | May 2, 2019

Song of the Seais a film that I often find myself thinking about; be it the haunting score or its beautiful mosaic-styledanimation, it seems to always be lurking in the recesses of my brain. It's a film of heart, lessons, and emotion.

| Feb 17, 2019

But even when he still needs to continue honing his storytelling chops, Moore has made a fully felt valentine to his Celtic roots. Call it an exquisite sophomore slump.

| Aug 22, 2018

A memorable and endearing animated entry... Song of the Sea sets itself above countless other children's films by ably appealing to both kids and much older cinema-goers on so many wonderful levels at once.

| Apr 5, 2018

A wonderful film for families, and for lovers of animation, Song of the Sea is a breath of fresh air in a market that is continually being crammed with commercial-driven, sub-par content.

| Mar 28, 2018

The Celtic-influenced animation, with its leprechauns, giants and scary owls, is stunning.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2017

Every hand-drawn frame of this movie is ravishing. You keep finding yourself reaching for the remote in the darkened theater, trying to pause the image so you can study every gorgeous detail.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 12, 2017

[Tomm] Moore keeps it (un)real with painterly imagery, a Point-like narrative (whereby that which seems strange turns out to be pretty special), and two appealing kids at the center of it all.

| Aug 21, 2017

The Song of the Sea is a children's film that adults will find compelling because of its emotional depth.

| Jun 20, 2017

A masterful tapestry of a film.

| Oct 25, 2016

It's an awfully handsome picture, and its central tale of loss and reconciliation would resonate even without the magical elements.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 17, 2016

Song of the Sea pretty much has it all when it comes to animated movies.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 3, 2016

Song of the Sea is a magical feast of visual delights, narrative intrigue and nostalgic revisionism that will appeal to the inner child of all ages.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 10, 2016