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Speaking at the Graduate School of Education, Lisa M. Quiroz '83, publisher of People en Espaol, and Roan Kang '96, the magazine's marketing manager, said the consumer data, which was collected over the past two years, could be used by businesses to target a growing new market of Spanish-speaking consumers...
...goes to this film willing to be entranced by the beauty of the islands, the mysticism of the story, and the magic of the sea, then "The Secret of Roan Inish" will certainly oblige. As Fiona herself remarks, "It's a lovely story...
...imbued with a heavy dosage of family myths. She is told about the disappearance of her brother, Jamie, when his cradle floated out to sea. She learns about her great-grandmother, a Selkie, who was half-human, half-seal. All this takes place on the lost family island, Roan Inish...
...Roan Inish" is saved by its visual beauty and by the efforts of the cast. Jeni Courtney as Fiona brings an adult seriousness to her role which is at once amusing and disarming. Lally and Colgan are charming, though their characters are the sort of life-size leprechauns Hollywood seems to think are roving Ireland. Characatures like these are balanced by the dark and mysterious performance of John Lynch, as Fiona's adult cousin, who is thought mentally deficient but who has an uncanny rapport with both the natural and supernatural worlds...
...Secret of Roan Inish" succeeds if viewed as a myth, the kind of far-fetched tale for which Ireland is reknown. Its problems arise only when director John Sayles is unwilling to let it be just that. The movie's realism leaves the audience unsure how to react when the more fantastic elements take over...