Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

I caught this film just now in the middle of the night (I get my best cinematic education from TCM and IMDb) and I missed part of the beginning, but you'd only need a snippet to see that Hayley's performance is stellar, unlike any movie I've ever seen her in. She's not a Disney darling here, that's for sure! Her own father directed her in this film and her mother wrote the screenplay! I can't imagine what it must have been like behind the scenes but her dad must've known her well because he brought out the best in her here! She truly looks like a different person, like she's delved into the essence of what it takes to be an actress, instead of just what it takes to sell movie tickets (sorry Disney!) While I love all of those old Hayley Mills classics this is the first time I could ever see her as more than just a label to churn out numbers at the cinema and it's no wonder it's not nearly as well known. For that reason alone it should be on every true movie buffs DVD shelf, if it ever finally comes out that is.

Sometimes lilting, sometimes puttering British film set in a small, rural village has a precocious lass in her late teens attracting the not-unwanted attentions of a swarthy lad from a nearby gypsy camp; when the girl is reminded of a childhood trauma she had blocked out, she runs off in a panic until the outsiders come to her rescue. Romantic drama does meander and features too much hysteria in the second-half, but there are fine passages of dialogue--and great character names like 'Brydie White'. The direction by celebrated actor John Mills isn't especially pointed; Mills doesn't have a superlative director's attentive eyes or ears, nor is he helped by the flaccid editing which allows the film's midsection to ramble. Still, the picture has a dreamy ambiance which is rather enveloping, and also a sweet, unforced lead performance by Mills' real-life daughter, Hayley Mills. Hayley cuts back a bit on her penchant for brashness, and she looks and sounds lovely. The same can also be said for Ian McShane as the gypsy boy, who is appealing and helps bring out a softer side to Hayley which her popular movies for Walt Disney didn't always showcase. An unusual little tale, told with careful simplicity and quaintness. **1/2 from ****

Enjoyable movie, with a happy ending. Just shows how sometimes society can mean well but can be so wrong at the same time. Obviously when her mother dies Bridie is much better off on the road with robin & the traveling life, than to be sent to an asylum or hospital supposedly for her own good, as the doctor would have it. The vicar realizes this and is happy that she is free & happy in the end. Amazingly this film was in 1966 and today in 2007 the attitude of society has not changed regarding its discriminatory attitude towards traveling people. Have to say i thought that actor playing playing Robin was Oliver Reed, he is the image of him.

This a wonderful film and as a family we have had many happy hours watching this film. My daughter used to watch it nearly every day as a youngster and has always been one of her favourite films.We often talk about it when reminiscing. My daughter is now an adult and we I have tried to get this film for her;To date no luck. Please could any one help?