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The Water Horse

2007 · 112 min

A gentle, heartfelt tale of a boy and his secret friend, blending wonder and loss against a wartime backdrop.

Tagline
How do you keep a secret this big?
Overview
A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour4
Realism5
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family, adventure, fantasy
Directed by
Jay Russell
Written by
Robert Nelson Jacobs
Starring
Alex Etel, Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, David Morrissey, Priyanka Xi, Craig Hall, Brian Cox, Erroll Shand
Music
James Newton Howard
Cinematography
Oliver Stapleton
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia
Languages
English

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