The Last Leprechaun

A kids movie that adults will have to smile at too. Flawed on the location and accent fronts and questionable when it comes to the cultural heritage of "the little people", the movie nonetheless delivers with slapstick fun, catchy Irish jigs and better-than-average special effects. A whimsical, charming treat for all the family, and Big Mick is excellent with it... to be sure, to be sure!

I love all things Irish and was in hopes this would be a clever movie about an enduring Irish Legend. Instead I saw another version of "Cruella DeVille" acting out an improbable (even for a fantasy) story. The actor who played the leprechaun was good but the rest of the cast seemed to be along for the ride. When the film ended the only feeling you had was "why did I waste my time?"

A nice, little fairytale - but You get more if You read fairytales to the children.

Yes, You can laugh with Your kids on that leprechaun, You can enjoy the special effects, listen to that funny tunes... but better You "switch" to a fairytale book and let the childrens imagination run wild than Your TV set.

And then You will teach them the morals better.

I enjoyed this movie offered free by Amazon for Prime members until the junk science of global warming became part of the script. The producers and director didn't even have the foresight to claim "climate change", although the climate has been changing for millions of years before our species came to be.

The IPCC has recently acknowledged there has been no warming for over fifteen years. In those areas of the world where warming has happened and carbon dioxide levels have risen, green areas are on the rise. Carbon dioxide is plant food. We all learned this in our lower level education. Areas of the Sahara desert that used to be arid have greened.

When there is so much evidence that the "green" movement is full of fallacies, the only reason I can imagine for the grasping hold of the "greens" to these fallacies must be that there are still Governments which give funding to "greens" who are still trying to prove that nature isn't nature.

My, and others tax dollars are going to the funding of these misguided or fully cognizant leftists. They should be lined up against a wall.

My favourite thing about this terrible film are the accents.. not since Natascha McElhone's attempt at the Irish accent in The Devil's Own have i heard such terrible Irish accents. The leprechaun clearly has some sort of strange Yorkshire accent (english), though in fairness he does sometimes sound a bit like he's from Cork - but most of the time he sounds like he's a grumpy little ginger man from coronation street.

The next great thing about the film - the location. Looks like it was filmed in California. Looks precisely nothing like Ireland, and the house which is central to it is clearly an American lodge. In the first five minutes there is an American Lincoln limousine with apparently Irish number-plates which show it to be from Kildare.

The story's great... it has it all - leprechauns from northern england, property development, American landscapes... all tied together with a brilliant 5 second refrain of trad flute music which is repeated over and over in an annoying loop. I love this film!