Based on a novel by Dick King-Smith, author of The Sheep Pig (from which Babe was adapted), the touching and often spectacular The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
ingeniously presumes to explain the truth behind “Nessie,” i.e., the
Loch Ness Monster. The story, told in present day to a couple of
American tourists by a kindly gentleman (Brian Cox) in a pub, begins
with a lonely boy, Angus (Alex Etel), pining for his father, who is
serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his
sister (Priyanka Xi) and mother (Emily Watson), live on an estate that
has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch
Ness. The troop’s commander (David Morissey) has an eye for mom,
suspicions about a mysterious handyman, Lewis (Ben Chaplin), who is
also a war hero, and an absurd contention that the Highlands are the
real frontline in the war against Germany.

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