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Now this was a good movie. Ryan Merriman was a regular in Disney Channel movies, and the villain is played by Detective Carlton Lassiter from Psych.
Merriman plays Kyle Johnson, a junior high school hero who seems to have all the luck. He attributes it to a gold coin that he always wears around his neck. As it turns out, this coin does in fact possess supernatural powers, and Kyle's life is turned upside down after it gets stolen.
Little does Kyle realize, his father Bob has been living under an assumed name, and his mother Kate is actually a leprechaun. Kate's father is Reilly O'Reilly, a potato chip magnate and leprechaun who has never forgiven Kate for marrying a mere mortal. And for some reason, the loss of Kyle's lucky coin causes both him and his mother to transform into their natural leprechaun form. Kyle's youth means that his transformation is gradual; for the time being he just has red frosted tips on his hair, and he speaks with a phony Irish brogue. ("Oh, saints par-sarve us! Oy, I'm gettin' shorter.")
The culprit is Seamus McTiernan, who tours as a Michael Flatley pastiche under the name "Saint of the Step." McTiernan is also a leprechaun, from a rival clan, and he wants Kyle's luck for himself. To recover their lost coin, Kyle's parents make an uneasy truce with Grandda O'Reilly and enlist the help of Kyle's best school chums. The ensuing antics include a car-chase, weaponized corned beef, and very heavy usage of the word "boyo."
In the thrilling climax, Kyle challenges McTiernan to a test of mettle for the possession of the coin. They participate in such traditional Irish athletic events as throwing chariot wheels and break-dancing. Finally, Kyle's entire middle school basketball team must compete against McTiernan and his goons (who I assume have quantum-leaped into the opposing school's team, or else I can't explain why no one is bothered by the bearded ruffians on the court). Kyle and his friends learn that luck isn't everything when they prevail even without the help of the magic coin. So as a reward, they get the coin back, of course.
As punishment for his wicked ways, McTiernan is cursed to shrink back to leprechaun size and live out the rest of eternity in Lake Erie. Wow, that's pretty harsh. Couldn't they have just sent him to hell?
This is possibly the best Disney Channel movie ever made, so needless to say, it's
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