The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 89
Fresh: 66 | Rotten: 23
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.
Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 7
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.
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A lonely young boy vows to protect the rapidly growing hatchling that emerges from a mysterious egg found on the shores of a Scottish loch in My Dog Skip and Tuck Everlasting director Jay Russell's screen adaptation of writer Dick King-Smith's popular children's novel. Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel) has made a most unusual discovery, and he's about to find out just how one innocent boy's greatest fantasy can also be a frightened adult population's greatest threat. Unable to identify the egg that he
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Cast
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Emily Watson
Anne MacMorrow -
Alex Etel
Angus MacMorrow -
Ben Chaplin
Lewis Mowbray -
David Morrissey
Capt. Hamilton -
Priyanka Xi
Kirstie MacMorrow -
Marshall Napier
Sgt. Strunk -
Joel Tobeck
Sgt. Walker -
Erroll Shand
Lt. Wormsley -
Brian Cox
Old Angus -
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All Critics (90) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (23) | DVD (9)
[A] disappointing mixed bag.
Top CriticA rich, mostly tender fairy tale.
A tepid, CGI-enhanced family movie that should delight 6-year-olds with a lap full of popcorn.
What makes The Water Horse different is its sophisticated, wraparound story, which initially seems at odds with a computer-generated sea-beast.
The film is a triumph of empathy.
The Water Horse is an extremely charming little children's film of the type that we unfortunately have been seeing less and less often, with just enough weight to truly earn the title 'a film for the entire family.'
... we are able to sit back and enjoy the fun without ever losing sight of the sadness underneath.
The large selection of extras is dominated by a bunch of behind-the-scenes featurettes.
The story nicely interweaves the legend of the Loch Ness monster with a tale of childhood angst, wartime drama and adventure.
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.
One of the best family films to come out in 2007.
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.
'Tis a great beastie, and not a wee pig, this time around.
The only reasons to stay awake are the nature porn shots of the Highlands impossibly green hills and gray skies, and a nimble bit performance by a bulldog named Churchill
It doesn't condescend to kids; its themes and narrative structure are fairly sophisticated.
Although it's a fantasy, 'The Water Horse' makes us believe we're actually seeing 1940s Scotland on the big screen.
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.
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- Anne MacMorrow: Jings, Crusoe. You're as big as a prize pig.
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