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List Price: $24.99 | | Label: Cinequest Films
Salesrank: 68727
Released: July 15, 2008 |
| Our Price: $4.73 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Starring Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The King of Scotland) and Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty), The Mighty Celt uplifts and charms. Young Donal, growing up alone with his mother, Kate, works after school for Good Joe, a local greyhound trainer. As Donal s talent with dogs becomes apparent he strikes a deal with Good Joe to own a promising greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if he can train it to win three successive races. Meanwhile, each of their lives is profoundly affected by the reappearance of O, an enigmatic figure from the past. Good Joe clearly dislikes O, hating all that he represents, and resents the growing closeness of Donal and O a friendship that Kate is also very wary of. When Good Joe reacts to the growing relationship between O and Donal by reneging on his deal, Donal is forced to learn some harsh lessons about life.
The Mighty Celt Reviews:
not your typical dramedy 
2009-07-21 - The movie depicts a story of a little boy trying to save the life of one dog. It's not a Disney portrayal of a boy and his dog, but rather a more realistic telling of the fate of racing greyhounds. If you are a big Gillian Anderson fan, be aware that she has a supporting role here as the protagonist's mother, and so her screentime is limited. Also, beware of the lack of close captioning and the sick Irish accent and slang that is the language of this film.
Not a bad moive
2009-07-16 - I orginally got this movie because Gillian Anderson is in it and I love her. The story line is good but you do have to listen really carefully if your like me and don't understand Irish English slang it can be difficult to understand. Story line is good but if you are a dog lover you might want to prepare yourself for some very intense scenes of animal cruilty.
gillian the great! 
2009-05-03 - scully was wonderful in her performance in another life. It's good to she anderson playing a low status character compared to her upper status character in the x-files. When I seen her character smoking I said no don't do it scully It's bad for your health. she played splendid talking with that irish accent I loved it and her. I recommend it for anderson fans.
An All Around Good Film 
2009-04-05 - A film that shows the best and worst of the human animal. Gillian Anderson and her co stars all show excellent performances. This film is very creative and should be enjoyable to audiences of any age.
Excellent Movie, but with Parental Guidance Needed
2009-02-06 - Don't expect a Disney style cute story in this movie. I'd say that it depicts life in Donal's part of Ireland so realistically that one could think they were watching filmed every-day life there. By this, I mean that there are very few typical film tricks to evoke emotion or to carry the story. The only one I noticed was at the end when the animal control people were confiscating the dogs from the evil trainer. There are actually two stories here; one is Donal's relationship with the dog trainer, and the other is with the man who comes into his life, one who carries a long-held secret. Both stories are interwoven seamlessly into a very satisfying whole.
I do have a couple of caveats, however. The first is that young Donal, about 13 or 14 years old, is shown smoking over and over again. Even when the stranger says it is bad for him, Donal defends it. I don't recall any bad language, once again proving that evil people and 'low class' people can be shown realistically in movies without constant swearing. The second warning to families with young children is that some dogs are being shown (apparently) drowned in a quarry, and the dog trainer slashes the throat of Donal's assigned dog, one that he trained for racing.
Both my wife and I found this movie to be very realistic and it certainly did not lag in any way. I would give it five stars if it weren't for the smoking by a young teen boy. Also, it is graded down a bit because there is not closed captioning, and we simply could not figure out what some (especially the dog trainer) were saying because it the strong Irish dialect of English. All in all, it is an excellent movie about a boy, a dog, and of both betrayal and creating new family ties.
