Wolfwalkers is an animated film set in Ireland of I guess around 17th century (based on the Protestant clothing, reminds me of pilgrims colonizing America). Robyn (Honor Kneafsey) and her father Bill (Sean Bean) are English folk who have come to live in a city in Northern Ireland (I'm guessing). The population is Irish, the rulers are English, and the villagers don't like the English.

Bill is a hunter tasked with ridding the nearby woods of wolves, which kind of butts up against Irish traditions and an old pact between the villagers and the wolfwalkers, almost mythical people who can talk to and become wolves. Robyn is a tomboy and wants to become a hunter like her dad. She wanders into the woods and meets Mebh (Eva Whittaker), a woods girl who turns out to be a wolfwalker.

It takes a bit but the two become friends, especially after Robyn discovers she can wolfwalk too due to getting bitten by Mebh. Robyn tries convincing Mebh to take the wolves and leave before the Lord Protector (Simon McBurney) has his army burn down the forest. Mebh though is waiting for her mother to come back, missing for a long time in her wolf form. Which brings us back to a mysterious voice in a covered cage that talks to Robyn when she's working in the Lord Protector's keep...

It's a fairly good tale for a younger audience and I also found it entertaining. The animation is evocative of period art. Voice acting is good and the characters are interesting. Overall a very good animated film.