Darby O'Gill and the Little People--Movies I've Half Watched

I've seen this movie once before (in its entirety) back when I was young, so this is actually a rewatch.  (Or rather a half-rewatch).

I saw this movie when I was around 10 years old, on the Disney channel.  (Back in the 1980s, the Disney Channel reran a lot of old Disney movies.)  I remember I really wanted to like it, because the commercials for it (which ran on the Disney channel) made it look really fun--a fantasy story about Leprechauns and Ireland--but the actual movie itself was very slow paced and hard to sit through.

Recently, however, my children have become obsessed with leprechauns after learning about them during their first Saint Patrick's Day here in the U.S.  And so I was trying to think what children's movies contain leprechauns, and this is the only one I could think of.

My kids lasted only 30 minutes before they got bored.  Which was about what I expected, quite frankly.

Although I don't remember the plot of the movie in detail, the feel of the movie (or at least the first 30 minute of it) was pretty much as I remembered it.  It's got great scenery, a good looking cast, great acting, and you really want to like this movie, but... the plot just moves too slowly to be interesting.

The movie is also notable for starring Sean Connery before he became famous for being James Bond.