This is a mystical movie about a boy named Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel) who finds an egg on the rocky beaches of Scotland during World War II. He hides the egg in his father's workshop and it eventually hatches. As the creature starts to grow, Angus has a difficult time keeping him hidden. We know this creature to be the Loch Ness monster, though this creature is anything but a monster.First his sister (Priyanka Xi) finds the creature, then the hired hand (Ben Chaplin) that his mother (Emily Watson) has taken in. They realize that this creature is special. They call him the water horse and decide they must do whatever they can to save him. The three of them agree to hide the creature and eventually decide to release him in the Loch. Meanwhile, Angus becomes even more attached to the creature and it helps him overcome his fear of the water.
Unfortunately, the British military (remember that Scotland is part of the United Kingdom) is patrolling the Loch for German U-Boats and become suspicious that something is amiss. The military detachment that's been assigned to the area eventually begins to take target practice at the Loch, which is having adverse affects on the water horse. Angus must now hurry to save him.
Like any epic movie aimed at children, this one has a happy ending. No, the military does not blow up the water horse with its cannons. The movie is mostly dark and very suspenseful. The accents are a bit thick, sometimes to the point where my 8 year old daughter had to ask me what they were saying.
The movie is 112 minutes long, that's nearly 2 hours. I let my daughter rate this movie and she gives it 4 stars. To her, this 2007 release was not as good as Bridge to Terabithia or Nancy Drew, but better than Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Unfortunately for my kids, it looks like the next release of a children's movie will be the Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspia, which will probably be in June.
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