Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

My two boys (5 and 2) absolutely adore this movie. The music and dancing is so fun and the storyline is very sweet with humour added in. It also teaches about loss (my 5 year old is dealing with the loss of his grandad) and this was the perfect movie to give him some comfort.

I'm not sure why there are so many negative reviews. It is meant to be a children's movie. It was very well done in my opinion with beautiful animation.

Thanks @ionicBreezeMachine for your in depth review of the history of the stage version of Riverdance, the origin of the music by Whelan, and suggestion of irish-based animation such as Wolfwalkers, Song of the Sea, and Secret of Kells.

Your review succinctly explained the reasons I just didn't like this movie despite the beautiful animation in this film. As half-hispanic, I appreciate many of the animated movies that have debuted in the past few years. They seemed to have hired latino voice-over actors, writers and done half a decent job with research of latin american culture.

With the amount of work that went to animate this story, the creators couldn't do the same with Irish actors, writers and researchers? As soon as the two comedic fat deer open their mouths with American accents (one an African American), I cringed. There has to be a million Irish actors that could have pulled them off. Maybe they didn't want to be a part of this show.

I loved the music and dancing but could only get halfway through the movie and started fast forwarding.

Well made movie , lovely hearing real Irish accents and also some of our amazing landmarks and the lore behind them, great way to pass 90 mins!! Animated well storyline could he a little better but both me my wife and kids (8+5) loved it !! Think the low ratings are harsh for what it is.

Loved the film. The story was glorious and the music absolutely splendid. My only criticism is the need for that american street-speak from the deer....why was this considered necessary? I have no idea why this nonsense needed to be part of the film.

I'm baffled at some of the reviews here. It's a kids film primarily, nothing like the Mire serious book Of Kells etc, and my young boys loved it! I thoroughly enjoyed it as well. It deals with the grandfather's death beautifully. I am Irish, (have an actual Irish accent) and I didn't notice any pretend Irish accents going on, I really don't get the reviews that mentioned forced Irish accents or brogue Irish..... no American actors were used as Irish characters in this film. Pierce Brosnan's accent has always been slightly unusual in that he slips in and out of Irish, English, and slightly American at times. Aisling Bea really does sound like that. Real Irish accents vary massively, and yes, some Irish people in rural Ireland still roll their R's. We have watched it a few times now, I suspect it will always be a family favourite. Inspired lots of dancing and helpful discussions around old age and death. Recommended.