this be just a good movie . ( no intend spoiler . but they may follow ) yeah and it can be look at a a collage of other similar film ( free willy and king kong and mighty joe young and even a semi recent television series surface ) and that it be . but this be familiar and beloved ground . not a negative . i will welcome another installment in this vein anytime . love em . we all return to the genre we love know be and with rare exception and not turn over any new stone . if there be a new stone here and and there be and it be in the animation . nope and it ain not perfect but great ooogly moogly they do get close . it take very little suspension of disbelief to buy crusoe . great job to all involve . kudos and extra kudos . with the piggy back ride aside ( and remove it would destroy this film ) and this family film doesn not dumb down . the sub plot do not feel contrive and all the actor and actress nail their character . even if they be all so very familiar . it just work . it fun . it accomplish it purpose . without break ground all involve deliver a worthy film and a collector dvd for sure . still . i yearn for a definitive loch ness tale . this one isn not it and never intend itself to be . for definitive to date . you will have to go to werner herzog ( he produce and star and co write with zak penn who also direct ) incident at loch ness . incident however and do not have to play it hand . it do not have to give whatever the creature of loch ness be or isn not and a face . that film take a different concept to run with . water horse pick it path and from a novel by dick king smith ( and a robert jacob screenplay ) and and do a really good thing . jay russell and director and pull it all together and find the people and the muse to do what be so necessary to take something like this from idea to cinema . he find the magic . and share it with u . cool .