Gabriel Byrne Movie:

				Salesrank: 245107
		Used Price: $118.47
		MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Set mainly in the Ireland the tourist board didn't tell you about, Into the West is the story of a "traveling" family who have given up their traditional life of roaming, and find themselves trying to make it in the gritty, violent projects of Dublin. Gabriel Byrne is excellent as Papa Reilly, a once-proud father and leader whose grief over his wife's death has turned him into a booze-sodden has-been. His two sons, Tito (Ruaidhri Conroy) and Ossie (Ciaran Fitzgerald), escape the projects on an apparently magical white horse, Tir Na Nog, which leads them back to the West. After being forced to steal the horse back from a wealthy and ruthless horse dealer, they are pursued across the increasingly beautiful landscape by virtually all the policemen in Ireland. The much-loved actor David Kelly (Waking Ned Devine) does a nice turn as the grandfather, and Ellen Barkin is a surprising but believable choice as an old "traveling" friend of Papa Reilly. For better or for worse--mainly better--this is not the story Disney would have told: redemptive and uplifting at the end, it's realistic to the point of ugliness on the way there, with a style of cinematography that the Magic Kingdom has never been able to stomach. The younger brother, Ossie, is supposed to be 7, but the story itself is perhaps more appropriate for somewhat older children. Entertainment Weekly's best family video for 1994. --Richard Farr

Into the West [Region 2] Reviews:
great
2009-07-12 - This is a great story about modern-day gypsies or travelers, as they're known in Ireland, and the hardships faced by two brothers when their dad decides to quit the traveling life, but can't adapt. How the boys manage to survive and what happens when their grandfather brings a horse with him on his next stop in town, makes for a truly magical little story. I enjoyed it with my older grandaughter when she was around 8 or 9, and, since I couldn't find it to rent, was happy to find it here for such a reasonable price, and look forward to sharing it with her little sister on their next visit.

Great Family Entertainment!
2009-02-06 - Into the West is one of my favorite movies. It keeps you interested and amused the whole time. I highly recommend it to young and old, Irish or not.
LMGray

a favourite
2008-07-25 - This movie surprised and charmed me with its orignality, humour and depth.
People living in the slums of Dublin experiencing the unnamed pain of being cut off from their cultural roots and unable to express their personal grief. But for all of that, I laughed and laughed at some of the scenes of the children and the horse... in the lift, racing across Ireland. Wonderful. Powerful.

"Into the West"
2008-06-16 - This is an absolute delight.I could not imagine anyone not liking this movie. Only the Irish can make movies like this.
Two beautiful kids, a great horse, Gabriel Byrne at his best and a mystical fairy story atmosphere to go along with. This is a beautiful movie.

Celtic Myth Warmly Updated
2008-04-02 -
Into the West. . and into our more sensitive links with a mythic past shared by Irish, Scots, Welsh, Manx and Cornish folk. This very modern yet timelessly-rooted story of two Dublin boys and a white horse is well worth the modern viewer's time. Also, it's a lot of fun, uncloyingly conceived and filmed, A worhth companion to "The Secret of Roan Inish" and "Tight Little Island" ["Whiskey Galore"]/