A heart-warming film about a boy and a magic sea creature, The Water Horse captures the wonder of a timeless tale by combining good storytelling with a strong sense of time and place
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01/08/08
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
73 %
Reviews Counted: 79 Fresh: 58 Rotten:21 Average Rating: 6.6/10
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The Water Horse is a fine family film. It takes a classic tale and infuses it with extra imagination, sly humor, heart, and inventive special effects.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Theatrical Release: Dec 25, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $40,412,817
Synopsis: Based on the novel by BABE author Dick King-Smith, THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP is set in Scotland during World War II, and focuses on Angus (Alex Etel), a young boy who discovers an unusual egg at Loch Ness. When the egg hatches to reveal a dinosaur-like creature, Angus finds that he has a... [More]
Genre: Childrens
Starring: Emily Watson, Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin, David Morrissey, Brian Cox
Director: Jay Russell
Screenwriter: Robert Nelson Jacobs
Producer: Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Barrie M. Osbourne, Charlie Lyons
Composer: James Newton Howard
Screenwriter: Robert Nelson Jacobs
Producer: Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Barrie M. Osbourne, Charlie Lyons
Composer: James Newton Howard
Reviews
Top Critic
... we are able to sit back and enjoy the fun without ever losing sight of the sadness underneath.
07/04/08
The story nicely interweaves the legend of the Loch Ness monster with a tale of childhood angst, wartime drama and adventure.
04/17/08
Pleasingly evokes the days when Roddy McDowall frolicked with Flicka and Lassie, [but] it must be said that a CGI pet is not quite so easy to love as a flesh-and-blood performer, animal or human.
04/06/08
Mal conseguindo ocultar o fato de ter sido claramente inspirado em "E.T.", é um filme terrivelmente irregular que traz personagens esquemáticos e um monstrinho tão "simpáticos" que jamais temos certeza se este irá devorar seu amigo humano ou não.
02/14/08
It doesn't condescend to kids; its themes and narrative structure are fairly sophisticated.
01/14/08
Although it's a fantasy, 'The Water Horse' makes us believe we're actually seeing 1940s Scotland on the big screen.
01/12/08
An intelligent and family-friendly variation on the boy and his dog story in which the 'dog' is a cuddly little creature that turns into the Loch Ness monster.
01/10/08
The Water Horse's fluctuation between wholesome kiddie flick, complete with silly humor, and dark fantasy/coming-of-age drama ultimately proves too unwieldy for the filmmakers to handle, causing the film to sink under the weight of all its well-meaning bu
01/08/08
Top Critic
...the pacing flags a bit in the protracted climax, but it's fun overall.
01/04/08
The film does affirm the basic message of the best kind of fairy tale: as with water, so with other things: there is more to this world than what we see on the surface.
01/04/08
One of the strengths of The Water Horse is that it doesn’t compromise and keeps things real even with the fantastical elements.
01/03/08
If you're in search of family fare that won't have the adults in the audience checking their watches, this is it.
01/02/08
Despite the drama, there is nothing in The Water Horse that will frighten young children. The cast is good, and the special effects are even better.
12/31/07
You can't go wrong with a family movie about a boy and his pet ... even if that pet goes from the size of a puppy to a full-blown sea monster in a matter of days.
12/29/07
Russell scores big by casting young Alex Etel as Angus. Etel made us believe in saints in the film Millions. Now he makes us believes that a computer generated water horse is a living and breathing creature.
12/28/07
... a magical, worthy film that deserves a place on the classics shelf beside films like Whale Rider and Lassie Come Home.
12/28/07
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