the reviewer who reveal his ignorance by decry and what a selkie . and then proceeds to place both foot in his mouth and should bother to read a bit of irish folklore . a selkie be not what some suggest and a half seal and half human . a selkie be a spirit which can take the body of a seal and a woman . it be the celtic counterpart to the greek siren or the oceanid and river spirit and to the japanese kawakami and the basque lamiñak and others . shapeshifters abound in folklore and this story wind around such a tale . bore . go watch one of those mindless teenage slicen dice film and leave this gentle tale about a little girl odyssey in a breathtakingly beautiful setting in a wonderful land to child of all age . my grandfar come from county derry ( what the protestant call londenderry ) in northern ireland near lough boyle and tell me story a a child that be a gentle and awesome a this . this be a fine film . not as goofy a waking ned devine and as wacky a the purple taxi and as wrenching a angela ash or as poignant a the quiet man . but and it wasn not mean to be . it be wonderful . check it out .