To most Irish people under the age of 50 this film is cringey at best. It represents an Ireland of the imagination and modern paddywhackery. It's clearly a kids film and I realise that is the benchmark for the crappy acting. I saw it as a child but to re-watch it as an Irish adult it seems borderline racist - the terrible accents and how it makes the Irish look archaic and simple. Particularly it makes a mockery of the Gardai (Irish police force). Maybe the book it's based on is good, but there's little to recommend in this film. I'll give it 2 stars cause of some nostalgia and images of Ireland in the 1970s, but otherwise - avoid.
Review of Flight of the Doves
