a beautiful piece of child cinema bury in a world of archaic celticism . set the story around the famous book of kels and believe to have be comprise by monk from the small island of iona and off the western coast of scotland . tell the tale of a young abbot apprentice who go off into the forest in search of crom cruic and the fierce headless horseman of pagan mythology . in hope of recover a lose artefact . the film true beauty lie in it animation . cell shade in a bright and inspirational style of deep complexity result in a look of seem less simplicity . derive much from the artistic style of the brilliant cartoon network series samurai jack for it genius use of mark making and background depth and the secret of kels create a consistently affective celtic world live under the shadow of viking invasion . the history may be intensely inaccurate and the way of life portray lack realism but these fact be utterly irrelevant a the film set itself in a world of fantasy and celtic revivalist mysticism . the girl of the forest be a wonderful addition and in my opinion make the picture what it be and a she glide from branch to branch . appear and disappear like a mysterious nymph with quality resemble the legendary cheshire cat from alice and wonderland . the secret of kels be an absolute treat . for all gender and all age and it a lovely piece of family cinema . don not expect to be awe but instead pleasantly impressed .