Song of the Sea

New York Post ★★★★✰

“Song of the Sea” is this season’s animated masterpiece.
If you want some real cinematic magic this holiday season, don’t miss this enchanting Irish film.
I was reminded, at times, of the painstakingly detailed beauty of “The Triplets of Belleville,” but Moore has a more ethereal, rounded aesthetic all his own. They don’t make movies like this anymore — except when, lucky us, they do.

Los Angeles Times ★★★★★

Enchanting ”Song of The Sea” is an animated masterpiece.
”Song of the Sea” is a wonder to behold. This visually stunning animation masterwork, steeped in Irish myth, folklore and legend, so adroitly mixes the magical and the everyday that to watch it is to be wholly immersed in an enchanted world.

IndieWire ★★★★★

Handcrafting Magic: Dir. Tomm Moore on His Blissfully Beautiful Film ”Song of the Sea”.
Handcrafted animated magic. That’s the best way to describe Tomm Moore’s latest film “Song of the Sea”

The Hollywood Reporter ★★★★★

”Song of the Sea” is another satisfying smack in the face of computer-generated 3D animation from Irish director Tomm Moore, after his earlier, Oscar-nominated The Secret of Kells. Working with wondrous watercolor backgrounds and 2D animation in which the impressions of depth and perspective are almost exclusively suggested through overlapping flat surfaces, this pleasingly old-school item again relies on Irish folklore and legends to color a familiar story about a young boy venturing out into a dark and enchanted world. Slightly more accessible than Kells in the story department and just as gorgeous, this GKids title stands a solid chance of capturing some of that earlier film’s success both on the awards circuit and at the box office.

Screen Daily ★★★★★

A quite delightful piece of magical animation, ”Song Of The Sea” (…) is a real pleasure.
A bewitching, moving and often enchanting film.
”Song Of The Sea” is a real animated gem, and one of the real pleasures of the Toronto Film Festival.

Twitch ★★★★★

”SONG OF THE SEA” Is A Timeless Delight For All Ages.
A beautiful piece of art that will delight audiences old and young

Wrap ★★★★✰

The result can legitimately be described as magical (…) it is a work of handmade beauty which could well stand out to the animators who make up much of the voting body in the category.