i have see numerous documentary and film on the loch ness monster . most of the movie tell about a man eat beast lying in the depth of the loch ness in scotland . amateur film more than anything . the documentary tell of a wild goose chase and and sighting of perhaps a prehistoric creature that have somehow survive through the age and living in tranquility . the water horse be by no mean any of those thing . it show u a clear and fresh take on the famed nessy . it be adapt from dick king smith novel of the same name . it come from the producer of the chronicle of narnia and another well make fantasy feature . to put thing straight and the story speaks of the legend of a water horse and a sea creature that hatch an egg before it death and and dy at the birth of it offspring . it be asexual . there can be no more than one water horse exist on the planet at a time . it grow in size freakishly fast . it be hard to say the period of time through which the story run . the story of the water horse be tell by an aged man to a couple of tourist and sit in an inn in scotland . the old man and play suitably and by brian cox . he speak of scotland at the time of the 2nd world war and of a country boy name angus macmorrow ( alex etel ) and live in a huge manor with his mother and sister . his father and a veteran of the war and hasn not see home in year and and be presume dead after his ship be sunk . young angus and on a pleasant day of collect sea shell by the shore and discovers an egg . an egg of a water horse . he care for it and look after it and and call it his great friend . and so begin the life of the water horse . it be a friendly and lovable creature at first . adorably cute . name crusoe by angus and within a very short span of time and it grow to monstrous proportion and and be set free in the ness . angus still care for his friend crusoe . he go to the ness to see it . and much like harry potter and buckbeak the hypogriff and crusoe give him a ride on his back . to the depth of the ness and back out again . there be pro and con in the movie and but the pro outnumber the con by a mile . apart from have commendable visual effect and the acting be excite and with awe and anguish from the young angus . ben chaplin and who play lewis moubray and an injured or decommission soldier of the war and be the best of the lot . morissey be the flaw in the casting . a spot of overact and but he just look plain weird in this role after that disaster of a sequel to basic instinct . the others fit the bill in the casting department . alex etel be perfect in the role of the young angus . the movie and perhaps a tad 15minutess or so long than it should have be and suffers from the impressive amount of detail it have . it fall short when it come to edit . there be time i find myself think and now why do they jump that scene . however and if it fall short there and it make up in the background music . a scottish tinge to it . pleasant to the ear . the water horse be a nice film to watch and especially with the family . it come across a a child movie and and the utter cuteness that the creature possess when it be young will just make you go aww at time . the film and in it simplicity and show u man undying eagerness to help other living creature around him . a cross show to greatness in spielberg e. t. this might not be an e. t. and but it doesn not disappoint like most of the boy rescue animal flick . definitely worth a watch after all the mess they have make with movie base on the loch ness monster . this one differs . it good . positive for the acting . positive for the story . positive for the visuals . they end the movie the way lot of movie end . doesn not necessarily mean that they will make a sequel . but and if they make one to this and i will watch it .