The Luck of the Irish is the Most (and Least) Irish Movie Ever Made... 

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My alternate title for this movie is "I was a Teenage Leprechaun".

18:01 This movie predicted the "You guys are getting paid?" meme.

i remember watching this as a kid and it was so weird. it's like they wanted it to be Irish but there weren't a lot of actual Irish things in it. the whole thing was so weird. things that could've been in the film that weren't: - Irish stew - Irish Gaelic - IRELAND - Irish people from Ireland - what the face on that coin was from - why the dad doesn't seem to know his own heritage - what Bonnie's heritage is since she wants to get all up in Kyle's face about it - why would they give a teenager a special coin instead of just leaving it in the house where it's safe - what the hell is leprechaun magic

I have not thought of this movie since the day it premiered, with the exception of one line: "May the road rise to meet you... and may it be a slippery one."

This is such a painfully underrated channel

Next Disney movie: Smart House! Same lead actor too 😉

Oh no, I forgot this movie was more than a fever dream. The makeup in the thumbnail gave me some intense childhood flashbacks to seeing this movie on TV and being disturbed by the leprechaun makeup.

This video was exactly what I was looking for, thank you

theres a version of this film that actually explores how assimilating into Whiteness meant abandoning people's root cultures and how that can leave an emptiness inside people they try to fill but instead we got this

This was the weirdest shit, and I loved this as a kid for some reason. Have you seen “Wendy Wu, Homecoming Warrior” yet? It’s *even weirder*

Thai movie was great as a child and now, the message is great and the ending was the cherry ontop symbolIing the message greatly ❤❤❤

I came for some st patty's Nostolgia and stayed for the sweet demeanor and caring

Conceived as a Saint Patrick's Day film, it was first broadcast on Disney Channel on March 9, 2001. I watched the movie, the year I was in 8th grade at Krueger Middle School in San Antonio, Texas at that time, during the early 2000's.

I always forget how weird these og DCOMs were. This and the Thirteenth Year are both so bizarre

Any chance you could cover The Pagemaster? It was one of my childhood favorites. Not sure you have seen it, but would love to see your take on it.

We still don't know where his dad came from... they just glossed over that like that's literally half of Kyle's genetic makeup. Being from Cleveland, Ohio isn't an ethnic group Mr. Johnson🤣🤣

I unironically watch this movie every st. Patricks day.

1948 ,The 🍀 Luck Of The Irish" is so not the same.

I found your channel through a comment on another channel (I feel like it was maybe one of nick diramios videos, I could very well be wrong though😬) but im so glad I found your channel. You deserve more recognition, babe 💓

Ok I swear when I first watched this movie the scene where Kyle and his dad come downstairs because they think the house is on fire the mom is making a fire in the oven. Now when I watch it she is making a fire in the fire place. Am I crazy was it changed from an oven to a fireplace??

I grew up watching the Disney Channel original movies and the few that I enjoyed was the Thirteenth Year the Luck of the Irish and the Phantom of the Megaplex and I actually enjoyed more this movie even though nowadays it has a lot of cultural stereotypes by the time it was a fun movie with Irish culture and stuff and even though it looked weird the scene when the mom was making Irish food was so delicious I wish I could try them also I had no idea until now but the guy who plays Sheamus was Robbie Rotten from LazyTown may he rest in peace

Unless the Leprechaun’s were immortal most of their behavior didn’t add up.

2:56 I mean... maybe it's because you've grown up in America all your life? Like... I didn't even know Australians were seen as "weird" until I was, like, a teenager.

Can you do a video on the Phantom of the Megaplex I'm a big movie fan and not a lot of movies tells the stories of famous movie theaters

You should get a PO box for subs to send and share stuff with you 😃

I'm working on some food as I am watching your video, and early on as you talk about the movie focusing on diversity, I think to myself, "Hey, nothing wrong with that. How is it-" *turns to look at screen sees sombrero man* "HAH!" *drops perogi*

i feel like at some point you have to cover the thirteenth year, just because of how good and bad it is, like wow. like i love that movie with all my heart, i mean truly it's the only media i had ever seen about mermen (before mako mermaids happened) so literally the best but also wow it was terrible and made no sense

My god not this movie u just brought back suppressed memories I have of it

I just saw a review of this video lol

I mean, it was definitely a DCOM. Not too far from standard fare for a DCOM The best one is of course High School Musical 2.

I thought this movie was just a scary dream lol

Do Smart House!

Is this a missing goosebumps episode? 😂

You are so funny

I'm partly Scottish/Irish

when he said "well at least they got paid!" i was so shocked, i was like, they did not just say that and then spend the entire movie pretending like a bunch of white people were the most marginalized group ever?! but of course they did, lmao, it wouldn't be an early 2000s movie otherwise.

I hate how Americans think that because they are vaguely connected to Ireland that they can just use a culture they aren't a part of for jokes or discrimination points

6:23 paddy’s are not white

6:41 I mean... you could just Google how to pronounce Flemish phonemes, but okay.

Please stop stresming

Also you make good points but your not irish you are scots irish