Filmed in Wellywood, and The South Island™, this is a distinctly Scottish tale about a lonely boy called Angus who discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a mythical sea creature called a Kelpie. It soon grows too big to be hidden within his home and is placed in Loch Ness where it becomes the famous Loch Ness Monster.
Cast: Emily Watson, David Morrissey, Brian Cox, Ben Chaplin, Craig Hall, Joel Tobeck
Director: Jay Russell (‘Ladder 49’)
Running Time: 2 hours 5 mins
Rating: (PG) Family, Fantasy
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The movie had a nice story to it. I am a sucker for sad movies. Grab the
tissues because some parts are a little sad. Kids enjoyed it as well.
I enjoyed The Water Horse. The movie was morally clean and had an
underlying theme of a young boy grieving the loss of his father in the
war and stuck in the stage of denial. The boy, Angus, discovers a
mythical “water horse” that is born an orphan. The boy begins to slowly
come to grips with his own sense of being orphaned by caring for this
creature. In essence, helping this orphaned water horse is a means for
him to begin to heal himself. my family just loved this movie
Definitely could have waited until this came out on DVD. It really
wasn’t spectacular enough to spend the money on going to see it on the
big screen.
It’s one of the very good movies indeed. The story of Loch Ness monster,
which is called Nessie but in the movie it is named Crusoe. The plot of
the story is the legend behind the monster in the Loch Ness. It’s
similar to the movie “Lochness” where a girl gets acquainted with the
nice monster minus the war background. A major part of the movie has
been shot in New Zealand than Scotland. Still, it’s magnificent, and
heart warming.
The main character of the story is Angus, a lonely young boy who is very
sad and withdrawn because he misses his father who is in the British
military service during World War II.
The movie left me with a sad
feeling that I wanted so much more from the was our first movie with our
4 year old son. Aside for protecting his eyes from the violence in the
previews displayed before the movie started, he was able to enjoy the
fantastic adventure. I do wish there was more focus on the interaction
between Angus and Crusoe but the movie told a clean story.
My son
enjoyed it and I compare it to a modern-day “Pete’s Dragon”— Great
scenery and super effects for the water horse. The war and military
bashing was typical of Hollywood.
The Water Horse was neither a spectacular nor forgettable movie. It was
one my family and I wanted to see, but were happy to wait until it came
out on DVD.
I must say it was better than I expected for the most
part, but some parts did seem to progress a lot faster than I would
have liked. Although, in saying that, I’m not sure they could have
dragged things out without the audience losing interest, so it is
probably better that they didn’t.
This is a very heart-warming
movie the kids will enjoy, and they will no doubt end up wanting a water
horse of their own! (hahaha – sudden flashback of wanting a Mogwai
after the movie Gremlins). The end will not disappoint, but is somewhat
predictable. All in all though – a good movie.