The Water Horse Legend of the Deep - Movie Review

The Water Horse Legend of the Deep starring Emily Watson is a great story with some great underlying legend. However this movie was rated PG and it probably should have been rated PG-13. Even our nine year old daughter got a little bit scared in some dramatic parts of the movie where it seemed far too violent and dramatic for younger kids.

The Water Horse Legend of the Deep is about the legend of a dragon like creature that lives in a waterway. The film is during wartime when the master of the house is gone to battle and troops have been stationed and need billeting in the main character's home which happens to be a very large home. The central character is a young boy whom misses his father (assumed dead due to war). The young boy finds a large egg that washed up on shore, he takes it and of course it hatches a sea creature.

Many funny antics similar to E.T. happen throughout the story and create an interesting and fantastical story for kids. The Water Horse Legend of the Deep has been compared to E.T. and its brilliance however I assure you it falls far short of being in the same category as E.T.

Near the end, the last half hour of The Water Horse Legend of the Deep is a very violent and loud experience even for adults as explosion after explosion erupts on screen as the soldiers start to pursue The Water Horse. The entire story seems as if the writers came to the end and didn't know what to do with the story so they came up with a lot of noise and action to give us our moneys worth. You could cut out the entire military sub plot and this movie would have been a great retelling of the classic legend.

The Water Horse Legend of the Deep is heavy laden with special effects that work until the last act. It is a good story gone awry. Not worth having your kids sit through.