Dwegons and Leprechauns is in a class of its own when it comes to "so bad it's good movies" and I think this movie has largely been slept on by the "angry critic" community.
The thing that makes Dwegons and Leprechauns special is that it has a certain level of charm to it juxtaposed by incredibly grotesque and bizarre character design choices and hilariously strange editing. You just have to see it to understand what I'm saying, but the movie walks this fine line between almost being adorable but then also being a hilarious trainwreck in almost every way. It really is a unique "bad movie" because most bad movies lack heart and soul to them, but with Dwegons and Leprechauns you can tell the filmmakers genuinely wanted to make a fun family movie and they were completely invested in the world-building of Dwegons.
The closest thing I can compare this movie to is when a child first begins writing their own stories and they get REALLY engulfed in the world, the lore, and the characters themselves, but then entirely ignore any sort of cohesive narrative. Dwegons and Leprechauns is precisely that: A passionate film that loves its characters and its world, but everything else is thrown to the side.
However, just to make things clear, this is still a bad movie in terms of quality:
- The pacing is insane where plot points and actions will come out of nowhere only to become immediately forgotten two seconds later due to the narrative deciding to take a U-turn on a dime,
- The character designs, as mentioned beforehand, are genuinely disgusting most of the time
- The characters themselves, while charming at times, have awkward incredibly dialogue that rarely follows any logical flow
- The lore is downright hilarious at times. There's a reason this movie is called Dwegons and LEPRECHAUNS and it's only for lore reasons that it has that title
- The animation isn't great by any means
- The audio mixing is a little jank, making it hard to hear characters during certain scenes.
- Though, I should mention that the movie has a surprising amount of effort put into the soundtrack at times. When listening to the credits of the movie, there are a few tracks that feel like the last melodies of a dying goose trying to serenade you into believing that it is truly a swan. Again, not fantastic, but certainly a lot more effort put into it than other low quality animated films.
While Dwegons and Leprechauns is still a trainwreck, it is a charming trainwreck that is definitely worth a watch for any fan of bad-movies!
