Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.
The Secret of Roan Inish has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Secret of Roan Inish was released in 1994 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 176 reviews, giving The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 89%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 82%.
With a score of 76%, The Secret of Roan Inish is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1994, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1994 with similar scores include films like Speed, 8 Seconds and Ed Wood.
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