The Water Horse (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Jay Russell

Escritores (WGA):

Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay)
Dick King-Smith (book)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 diciembre 2007 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Familia | Fantasía

Frase comercial:

Every big secret starts small.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Egg | Scotland | Thunderstorm | Artillery | Country Estate

Premios:

5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Beautiful gentle film, excellent reflections of WWII in the UK

Reparto

Bruce Allpress	...	Jock McGowan
Geraldine Brophy	...	Gracie
Eddie Campbell	...	Hughie (as Edward Campbell)
Ben Chaplin	...	Lewis Mowbray
Peter Corrigan	...	Jimmy's Buddy #1
Brian Cox	...	Old Angus
Carl Dixon	...	Gunner Corbin
Alex Etel	...	Angus MacMorrow
Nathan Christopher Haase	...	Male Tourist
Craig Hall	...	Charlie MacMorrow
Ian Harcourt	...	Jimmy McGarry
Rex Hurst	...	Jimmy's Buddy #2
Bill Johnson	...	Clyde (as William Johnson)
Megan Katherine	...	Female Tourist
Elliot Lawless	...	Beach Kid

También conocida como:

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (International: English title) (promotional title)
Mi mascota es un monstruo (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Mi mascota es un mounstro (Mexico) [es]
Mi monstruo y yo (Spain) (DVD title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG for some action/peril, mild language and brief smoking.

Duración:

112 min

País:

USA | UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital EX | DTS-ES | SDDS

Clasificación:

USA:PG | UK:PG | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | South Korea:Todo | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Malaysia:U | Peru:PT | Sweden:11 | Taiwan:GP | Australia:PG | Finland:K-7 | New Zealand:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Ardkinglas House, Cairndow, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Compañía:

Revolution Studios

Trivialidades:

The title, 'The Water Horse', is a reference to the kelpie, a malevolent beast of Celtic lore that would disguise itself as a horse to lure unsuspecting victims to it. Once the unfortunate soul had mounted the kelpie, it would drag him or her down to their watery death.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When Angus's mum is looking at Angus, Gracie and Hughie through a window in the door, the camera seems to just see them through the window, but when we see Angus's mum looking through the window, the window is obscured or cracked.

Conexiones de Película:

Spoofs Free Willy (1993)

Banda de Sonido:

Magic

Beautiful gentle film, excellent reflections of WWII in the UK

Our family (2 kids in high school) went to this film Christmas night. It was a perfect wrap up to a glorious family day. The story line was told by the camera as a story should be told; with reflective moments, beautiful long scenic shots and great close-ups on some of the best character faces one can find in a pub. All of the time taken for this was appreciated by our family. The CGI was beautifully woven into the film so that it did not take away from it, but rather created the water horse to fit beautifully with the surrounding images. He/she was charming and we all root for the dream that there is a Nessie! Mum (Grammy) is British and flew Spitfires in WWII. She told of regiments taking over estates and the events in this movie matches her stories. Two small critical comments: The male/female travelers who open and close the film were far too forced and it felt like they were given the roles as friends of a director/producer? It's too bad because the opening and closing of the film felt awkward and unconnected with the rest of the charming story. There is a sequence of footage of the young lad working that repeated itself that felt like it was just looking for extra shots and couldn't find them. Having done that as an amateur, I was surprised when the pros did this! Enjoy this film. Thank-you to all who worked on it!