YMMV / Darby O'Gill and the Little People

• Adaptation Displacement: The episodic nature of the movie's plot makes a lot more sense when you learn it was based on not one but two collections of short stories: Darby O'Gill and the Good People and Ashes of Old Wishes and Other Darby O'Gill Tales by Irish-born author Herminie Templeton Kavanagh. The film has largely eclipsed the books.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: James Bond sings? This has caused so much incredulity that there are people who believe that Sean Connery's singing parts were dubbed by someone else. (For what it's worth, James Bond does sing in Dr. No, but very briefly.)
• Common Knowledge: Yes, Sean Connery and Janet Munro are singing "Pretty Irish Girl" themselves and are not dubbed by other performers. This rumor might have started because Disney commissioned a version of the song by Irish singers Brendan O'Dowda and Ruby Murray, which was released as a single in Ireland and the UK in conjunction with the film. According to some accounts, Disney did consider using this version in the movie if Connery and Munro were not up to the task, though fortunately the actors had the skill to pull it off.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Darby's remark during the climax about how it's better for the old to die than the young become a lot harder to hear when you learn Albert Sharpe (Darby) lived to the ripe old age of 84, while Janet Munro (Katie, to whom Darby was referring) didn't even make it to 40.
• Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales: The film is very well-liked in Ireland, despite being a stereotypical and exaggerated view of the country.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: The leprechauns are integrated so seamlessly into the film, after a while you'd think they were real.

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