Absolute magic.

I want to live in this film. I want to look like I was animated by this film's animators. The aesthetic of this film is the aesthetic of pure wonder, joy, and magic. I want to climb a giant beautiful tree with Aisling. I want to protect my abbey from Viking raiders. I want to wander around a wondrous and nightmarish enchanted forest. I want to do all of these things so badly that blood is starting to trickle from my eyeball.

If there was ever a film that I was hopelessly, pathetically, sweatily in love with, it's "The Secret of Kells." I want to eat this movie and poop out a bunch of forest spirits.

Even considering the fact that I was lukewarm on a lot of the human character design, this is still one of the coolest looking animated films I've ever seen. And, yeah, the story has some problems, but it doesn't really matter because it looks so great. Definitely reignited my interest in finally watching The Thief and the Cobbler.

Recommended if you are even slightly high right now.

A magical animated tale based on a real historical artifact (The Book of Kells). Visually demonstrates the joy of creating illuminated manuscripts much the same way that Ratatouille demonstrates the joy of food and cooking.

Beautifully animated story mixing Irish history and mythology.

Simple story of Brendan, a young boy, living with is Uncle, the Abbot, in the monastery of Kells. The Abbot is more concerned with protecting the monastery from the potential attacks from the "North Men" (super scary vikings) than the work of producing manuscripts that Brendan finds himself drawn to.
While helping Brother Aidan gather berries to make ink Brendan meets Aisling, a spirit of the forest, who helps him with his quest to get the book finished before the raiders arrive.
On the surface this is an enjoyable adventure tale that kids and adults alike can enjoy. If you look a little deeper though it's about the need for enlightenment and how sometimes the seemingly frivolous pursuit of art and beauty can protect more than force.

The plot of this film is nothing special and it has very little climax, but the animation is just fantastic. I'm not even a huge sucker for visual aesthetic, but damn. Every shot is just so specifically and beautifully framed. It ranges from vast vistas to intimate close-ups with equal precision. And the soundtrack's pretty good as well.

A lot of care went into making this look beautifully animated, too bad there's no where near the care when it comes to story and plot.

A surprising film, not only in terms of the narrative, but also in the art. The art-style is somewhat akin to Samurai Jack however, it is far-more refined and peaceful. There are some amazing, beautiful moments, and some surprisingly dark moments. I highly recommend seeing it although I wouldn't show it to young children. Based on Celtic lore, this is a fictional account of Ireland's greatest national treasure, the Book of Kells. It's an unusual film and hard to classify but it was a joy to watch from beginning to end.

I...just don't know, guys. The animation is incredible and refreshingly unique, I just didn't really take away what I was supposed to take away. If anyone knows what that thing is, by the way, let me know.

(Also, possibly hugely racist.)

The visuals are worth checking out on their own if you’re a fan of animation; while they may take a little getting used to, there’s nothing else quite like them in animation. The forest scenes are green and lush, the town scenes are humble but no less detailed, and when the animators want a scene to look dark and scary or mysterious and mystical, they manage all of that skillfully as well. And it’s a film that manages to be entertaining, if simple, for both children and adults. Read full review.

As soon as it started, I knew I had found something special, and I did everything I could to tell myself I was a young child again, hoping that the magic would sweep me away in a glorious flood of wonder and delight. It did. Filled with magic and visual poetry, The Secret of Kells is a miracle of animation; indeed, it's the kind of film most of us have forgotten could even exist. I would urge everyone to watch it.. to pretend once again to be a child, and appreciate the beauty of this magical production.

A very beautifully animated fantasy film about the origins of the Book of Kells, even if I am not as taken by the film as most of you (judging by its IMDb ratiing) I can still see that it looks good.