The Water Horse, a kids movie. You know about the kid’s movies that have deeper meanings or inside jokes for adults, well this ain’t one of them. It’s pretty much for the eight to ten year old boy. Not a bad thing but there is nothing much to hold the interest of adults and certainly nothing for the worldly teenager. The movie is set during World War II in the back waters of Scotland, a young boy, Alex Etel as Angus MacMorrow, has lost his father in the sinking of the HMS Royal Oak. It’s been over a year and he still plans for his father’s return, marking off the days to the end of the tour of duty on a calendar. He maintains the work shop on the estate where his family lives as caretakers as sort of a shrine. He fears the water, the ocean being his father’s grave. One day at the loch, as in Loch Ness, he finds a mysterious egg which he takes home and hatches a water horse, a creature so magical only one can exist at a time. At the same time the British army arrives at the estate to set up a submarine defense; unfortunately, for movie continuity and credibility, the Loch Ness is a fresh water lake with no ocean access. A handy man is hired at the estate and Angus’s mother orders the work shop cleaned out. Life has to go on. The creature, named Crusoe by Angus, grows like a professional athlete on steroids. After a couple of near misses and comical encounters the creature is trucked to the loch and released. The army has set up a series of gun emplacements and on a rainy night they mistake Crusoe for an enemy submarine. The creature escapes to the ocean(?) and Angus heals his broken heart and grows to adulthood. At the end of the movie another egg is found another young boy and the cycle repeats. A good movie for eight to ten year old boys.

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