This movie was somewhat an emotional experience. Angus the small boy raised Crusoe from a baby and Crusoe realized this. As the movie went along their relationship is sooo sweet. I went from saying A*** to laughing to crying at the end. This was a really great movie. I didnt expect it to be that sweet =]

The trailers we had seen and the poster, down to the "from the writer of Babe" tagline made me believe it was an okay movie for my (almost) 4 year old who was dying to see it. Shame on me for not doing more research, it started okay but eventually her dad had to take her outside. I learned my lesson. It was not the cute moster movie I thought it as going to be from all of the advertising. The hunter, the war, the blood, the mean monster gone wild...definitely not for preschoolers.

The Water Horse provides a lot of campy movie action in the style of classic Disney. In addition there is a back story of the romantic interests and competition between the artillery captain and the handyman that could provide some interest for mothers taking their children to the movies. Over all it?s a cute but not spectacular film but nice for families with young children. Check out my full review and more at johnhuntspace.com

A word of caution about The Water Horse. We took the kids and grandparents yesterday. I would definitely say this is a movie for at least eight year olds and up. It was not all "cute and cuddly" as the previews would lead you to believe. The movie does have a few slapstick humorous moments and some touching ones as well, but a whole lot of the movie is rather dark with lots of moments of peril. It's set in a backdrop of WWII, and the war bit is very front and center. The main character's (a 10 year old boy) father dies in the war, and the very cute Water Horse of the beginning of the movie quickly grows up into a *very* scary big sea monster for the rest of the time. The climax of the movie has the Scottish army bombing into Loch Ness (thinking the monster is actually a German sub), which causes the monster to go crazy and upturn a boat, grab a man and toss him around, etc. etc. It's also difficult for young kids to follow as it jumps from current day to WWII . Only for 8-10 years+.

A wonderful and breathtaking movie...finally a awesome family movie. Angus was great in Millions and great again! You will want to travel to Scotland after seeing this!