Starring: Emily Watson, Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin, David Morrissey,
Brian Cox Director: Jay Russell
U.S. Opening Date: 14 December 2007
THEY SAY
The Academy Award-winning producer and special-effects
team behind The Lord of the Rings join with
Revolution Studios, Walden Media (The Chronicles
of Narnia) and Beacon Pictures to bring to the screen The Water
Horse.
Based on the children's fantasy novel by British author
Dick King-Smith. The Water Horse tells the story of a lonely boy in
Scotland who finds a mysterious egg from which hatches a "water horse" - a
mythical sea monster of Scottish legend.
WE SAY
Old-fashioned tale about a boy and his, um, sea monster.
Or is that over-familiar tale? Boy tries to keep forbidden pet (dog, cat,
sea monster) hidden from parents and authority figures . . . something we’ve seen countless times or at
least feel we’ve seen lots of times before. Anyway, clearly aimed at the
kiddie market The Water Horse seems a safe bet this December
holidays when you need to dump your kids while you recuperate from X-Mas
shopping in a coffee shop somewhere . . .