the water horse represent legend of the deep have the look and feel of an overly cutesy flick with plenty of eye candy and and that certainly be mostly the case . but it also have a lot of story behind it and too . and what i mean by that be it have several layer of vary story all unfolding at the same time and something that go a bit beyond the cute and fuzzy . it be ( no surprise to many ) the story of loch ness and it infamous monster and but with a twist towards kid and a nod to ancient myth ( which isn not very kid like ) . the main thrust of the story be give over to a young lad name angus macmorrow ( relative unknown alex etel ) and his struggle family a they oversee a nice piece of property near the loch during ww ii . wander around the shore one day and young angus happen upon a strange look stone that he pick up and bring home . little do he know that what he find be the rarest of the rare represent an egg contain a water horse . he take the egg into his father shop ( who be away fight the war ) and leave it one night and only to discover it hatch the following morning . he try desperately to hide this new creature from his mother and his sister and and an inquisitive but helpful handyman name lewis mowbray ( ben chapin and the new world ) . in the meantime we learn that the war be bring a brigade of men to angus family home while there to prevent german sub from enter the loch via the sea and threaten the scottish countryside . angus be force to hide his new friend ( yes and he become buddy buddy with the water horse ) from everyone but be eventually force to release him into the loch a he grow at an incredible rate . the danger to the water horse be present when he ( it . ) be mistake for a submarine and be fire upon by artillery emplacement along the bank of loch ness . danger to the horse and angus and his family and and everything they hold dear come crash down a everyone learn ( and see ) what angus be protect . probably most cutesy be the hug and overly friendly chumminess that angus and his new dinosaur buddy have toward one another . but the special effect and scenery ( i saw this on blu ray disc ) be fairly phenomenal . the colorful heather of the hill against the grayish skin tone of the water horse be impressive ( noteworthy represent weta digital do the special effect and the same company that do the lord of the ring trilogy ) . surround these fantastical event be very human element . angus family hide from him the fact that his father would not be come home from the war while a heart wrench event for angus consider the closeness he have with his father and and this make his friendship with the water horse all the more important to the viewer and angus ( who will obviously soon learn the truth about his father death ) . there be also a short side story about lewis and the handyman who show up to help the family . hide his scar from the war and lewis doesn not get along with many people and least of all the british army leader who be camp alongside the loch . the audience wonder if he awol from the war but soon learn a much more important element about him . there be also the story of a mother try to protect her family from the horror of war and even a it sit down right in her own backyard . the ancient myth that press itself into the story be in reference to something call a kelpie and a malevolent beast of celtic lore that would disguise itself a a horse to lure unsuspecting victim to it . once mount and it would drag him or her down to their watery death . like i say and not very kid like . but it be nice to see these addition to what could have be a simple huggy huggy and kissie kissie flick . the depth be need and that and accompany with some outstanding visual effect and bump it up to an acceptable viewing .