The Water Horse

2007 Directed by Jay Russell

How Do You Keep A Secret This Big?

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

Alexander Nathan Etel Emily Watson Ben Chaplin David Morrissey Priyanka Xi Craig Hall Brian Cox Erroll Shand Joel Tobeck Bruce Allpress Geraldine Brophy Eddie Campbell Peter Corrigan Carl Dixon Nathan Christopher Haase Ian Harcourt Rex Hurst Megan Katherine Elliot Lawless William Johnson Ben Van Lier

Alternative Titles

Meu Monstro de Estimação, Le Dragon des mers, סוס המים: אגדת המצולות, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

family adventure fantasy

112 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★★

I very much enjoy films that explore legendary creatures! Pure fantasy that takes you to a place where magical and wondrous creatures still exist! I try to indulge my inner child whenever I can so this was a real treat!
The baby Water Horse was just so darn cute! Positively enchanting! A lighthearted film the whole family can sit down together and watch!
Review by Ade Setiawan ★★★★ 8

I remember watching this when I was so young. And I wanted to ride on Loch Ness' back so bad. Yeehaw 🏇
I'll never get rid of this movie. Crusoe is the cutest thing on the frickin planet. Where do I can find this creature? Do they sell it on eBay? Notice me if y'all know!
N.p. : I cried a lot at the end 😔
Review by federica 🧡

this is like when i thought i’d found dinosaur eggs and i waited for them to open but nothing happened so i just opened them myself and there was no dinosaur inside 😭😭
Review by Nick ★★

(points at screen) That’s the Water Horse.
Review by Dale Nauertz ★★★

"Water Horse" is like "E.T." meets "Dunkirk" meets "The Secret of Roan Inish" (remember that one? If not, get on that) except, y'know, not quite as good as any of those.
"Water Horse" has plenty of heart and sweetness and a soupcon of conflict, but it never engages the emotions as deeply as it could. Some of the visual effects are great, some are a bit iffy, but "Water Horse" works more often than not as a sweet little fable with some distinctly Scottish and World War 2 trappings. It has its own unique flavor going for it, which I respect. The characters have some layers to them but, unfortunately, a lot of the revelations we get about them and…
Review by Alastair ½ 1

that thing ain’t a fuckin horse
Review by ˚. ✶ ⋆｡ 𝕘𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕪 ₊✧ ˚. ‧ ★★★★★

WHY THE FUCK DOES WATERHORSE HAVE A 2.8 STAR AVERAGE GUYS THIS IS A BEUATIFUL FILM ABOUT PREDJUDICE AND LOVE AND THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN AND I WONT ATAND FOR THIS SLAMDER
Review by ﾟ✧(｡♡‿♡｡)･ﾟ✧ ★★½

never knew that the loch ness monster would be so cute
Review by alice11608 ★★★

Scottish free willy
Review by Jackson Rowland ★★

the cgi is dogshit lmao but this was such a nostalgia trip for me. it feels like i watched this movie all the time as a kid but also not at all.
Review by Silent__Echo_ ★★★ 1

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Crusoe is the best version of Nessie I've seen to date, I would totally have one for a pet if I could.
The cgi holds up pretty good for most of the film, with an odd shot here or there.
The Governor is always fun to watch on screen. Even if he isn't playing The Governor
The film has it's jumpscare moments and I admire it's horror side.
I saw this film as a child and forgot about it for years until I remembered the scene of Churchill chasing Crusoe and I had to watch it immediately.
The film was everything I imagined it would be.
Guessing who would be the villian was also fun, and when it turns…
Review by annahegs ★★★★★

There is not a single fault in the film. A faultless masterpiece.

Recent reviews

Review by yas 👼🏼 ★★★½

this movie is my fucking childhood omg
Review by HYCKFW ★★

the story is beautiful, but it left me bored and without emotion
Review by erincutts ★★★★

this was one of my childhood favourite films and rewatching it now i still love it
Review by Tyler Deuel ★★★

Nice revision of the lockness moster myth, is the classic child finds a strange creature and wants to keep it, then the creature has to leave and the kid learns some lesson from it. Magical realism.
Review by Tyraxes ★★★★★

A dragon, a heckin good Boi, and a potato lover. 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review by Sujan ★★★½

I loved the way they created Nessie, just like the surgeon's photograph.
Review by gabi ★★★★★

absolutely fucking based . this movie was my childhood ive watched it over 10 times
Review by dshott ½

Get in the sea
Review by Loic ★★★

Marcou minha infância
Review by amazedemon ★★★

The Water Horse manages to feel both clichéd an inauthentic at the same time. From the narrative framing device of relating the tale to American tourists, to yet another film revisiting WWII Britain. The cast is decent, but the film just isn't engaging enough. Sure this film delivers on themes of loss and letting go, but Pete's Dragon (2016) is a much more entertaining film in a similar vein; which, for a family-adventure, is more important.
Review by Gwen ★★

I completely forgot this movie existed (and I had seen it (in theaters!)) until I was reminded of it by a CGI creature in Crimes of Grindelwald. Naturally, it was a lock for Movie Club. I started the severely compressed "waterhosre.mkv" file mostly expecting to be bored out of my skull, but news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg dying broke early into the viewing and I got some good laughs out of that. Also, the video artifacting occasionally made me think of Riven: The Sequel to MYST, and that was great. The book this is apparently based on was written by a man named Dick King. So it's not all bad
Review by bikeshorts ½

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