Every big secret starts small.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin, Emily Watson, David Morrissey, Priyanka Xi, Brian Cox |
Director |
Jay Russell |
Screenplay | Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the book by Dick King-Smith |
Music | James Newton Howard |
Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton |
Editing | Mark Warner |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital EX, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS-ES |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2007 |
Produced by | Beacon Pictures, Blue Star Pictures, Ecosse Films, Revolution Studios, Walden Media |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Zane Henry | 10 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 10 | |
Cape Times Kevin Crust | 10 | |
The Citizen Annette Bayne A small family film with a big heart and it deals with issues without forgetting that fantasy is important. | 14 | |
BBC Anna Smith But this is still a decent old-fashioned fantasy that should entertain anyone who's ever dreamed of stumbling across a mythical beast. | 10 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert It has a lot of sly humor about what we know, or have heard, about the Loch Ness monster and various frauds associated with it, and fills the edges of the screen with first-rate supporting performance. | 18 | |
eye Weekly Kieran Grant There are nice moments here, with Watson and Chaplin doing particularly fine work overcoming the wet-noodle script and rote story arc with just their eyes and a few well-placed gazes. Stare long enough at this potentially captivating arrangement of actors and scenery, however, and The Water Horse takes the shape of a standard paint-by-numbers scheme. | 5 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli It's getting increasingly harder for any family feature to compete with the assembly-line productions coming out of Disney and Dreamworks, so I'm glad to report that this is at least as good as any of them. | 15 | |
ScreenIt C Fuchs The tale of the monster is at once outrageous and charming. | 12 | |
Metacritic.com 24 critics | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 76 critics | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A fine family film, with imagination and heart to spare. | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 1363 Netizens Highly recommended movie for all ages- don't miss it! | 13 | |
Average .. 61% | 12 |