New in Theaters: ‘Song of the Sea’

Song of the Sea is the newest dream-woven piece of Irish animation from Tomm Moore, director of the uncommonly beautifulBook of Kells. It opens in limited release this Friday.

I reviewed it forFilm Journal International:

The film begins as morose as a funeral lament, albeit a gripping one etched in splendidly dark tones. That tone ratchets further down once the children’s stern old hunchbacked Granny comes to stay. But after she convinces Conor to have Ben and Saorise live with her in Dublin, M...