Malachi's Cove

Corny old film shot in North Cornwall and the pretty village of Clovelly in Devon, both places are somewhere in England as another reviewer astutely pointed out. Awful Cornish accents ranging from Cockney through to Yorkshire with a bit of Ooo Arrgghh, Robert Newton pirate speak thrown in for good measure. Embarrassingly awful, particularly for those of us with West County heritage. The poor old donkey looks as if it has mange, which tells us a lot about the care that went into this film generally. Adapted from a story for children by Anthony Trollope. Could be Disneyfied to update it but not really for today's audiences.

A moving little rural story for children, with a good young female protagonist who finds herself ostracised by her local fishing village due to a past tragedy. She lives a quiet life with her grandad at the titular Cornish cove, until precocious youth Dai Bradley (of KES fame) comes into her life. Some well-judged performances throughout lift this slow-moving tale of loss and love; it's not fantastic but it is quite moving and engaging, I thought.

Brilliantly shot and very well balanced sound track ... watch it if you can!

What with all the breakers pounding the shore looks like the producers were aiming at a mini epic.This is strictly a children's film with little or no appeal.Interesting to see Donald Pleasance and Arthur English but that's about it.

Quaint coming of age tale set at the end of the 19th century in rural Cornwall. The scenery is ruggedly beautiful as you'd expect from that part of the world, it's well shot for the most part, and although the version I saw was very washed-out in terms of colour (as many early 70s films are), it kind of suited the bleakness of the stormy scenes and dark themes.

The most negative review I've seen here mentions the bad accents and I can attest to to that; even the undoubted star of the film, the young Veronica Quilligan as Mally can't properly exchange her native Irish accent for a Cornish one; and yeah, the production values are low because no doubt the budget was, but the tone of the review is way too harsh. Some of us very much enjoy these slow, simple, but emotionally wrenching tales!