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Movie Overview
Cast
• Emily Watson
• Alex Etel
• Ben Chaplin
Director
• Jay Russell
MPAA Rating
PG - for some action/peril, mild language and brief smoking
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)

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OFCS Rating: 57% Rotten
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"Although it's a fantasy, 'The Water Horse' makes us believe we're actually seeing 1940s Scotland on the big screen."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

3/5
"an intriguing if incomplete experience"  Filmcritic.com  Bill Gibron

D
"It's a mess of a movie, too frightening for the wee ones and a sleeping pill for adults. It's childlike wonder blared at top volume and there's no need for such disorder to steal free time from your holiday season."  eFilmCritic.com  Brian Orndorf

2/4
"By the end of the The Water Horse...Russell's film has pretty much morphed into Free Willy IV: Lassie Go Home."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  David N. Butterworth

C+
"It's a movie for kids, and I suppose they will like it well enough, its pedestrian story notwithstanding."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

B
"a small, personal film spruced up with a touch of the marketable. 'Lovely' is the best word to describe it."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

C
"Nessie lays an egg literally and figuratively in this inoffensive, visually attractive but highly derivative family movie about a boy and his beastie."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/5
" An adventure story about a boy and a creature he raises who just might be the Loch Ness monster."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"The story is clever and heartwarming enough for the film to work on some level for adults and children (although it skews younger). Plus, the CGI work is competently done."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

"Despite the occasionally charming or amusing moment, an air of familiarity hangs over the proceedings."  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley

"Snug and amiable, this is a comfy easy chair of a movie... one easy to let yourself sink into and enjoy in spite of yourself..."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

B+
"This is a fine family film, filled with imagination and heart."  Beliefnet  Nell Minow

2.5/4
"The Water Horse's framing device lends just the right measure of nostalgia and fairy-tale wonder."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

7/10
"A sweet, whimsical fantasy-adventure for the whole family."  www.susangranger.com  Susan Granger
OFCS Rating: 57% Rotten
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