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water-horse.jpgI love to watch movies with my kids. Since going to the movie theater is so expensive, and because we’re lazy homebodies, we generally prefer to watch it on DVD. We pop some microwave popcorn, change into our pajamas, dim the lights, and we’re ready to go. These days you can even buy the DVD for less than the cost of two movie tickets.

One of our recent favorites was the Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. Finding a movie that is appropriate for both of my children is difficult (Kyle is almost 4 and Amanda is 9). Finding a movie that is okay for both of them to watch and doesn’t bore my husband and me to tears is even harder. The Water Horse fit the bill in all of these categories.

The movie takes place in Scotland in World War II. The cinematography is beautiful. The story is told at a gentle, old-fashioned pace, yet still held the interest of both of my kids. The movie is essentially a drama–a coming-of-age story about a boy coming to terms to life without his father–but is told with humor, suspense, and adventure. I will say that although my son enjoyed it, if your child is sensitive to scary drama, I would hold off on this one. There is a part when the Water Horse turns on men (due to being scared and provoked), but it’s pretty intense for younger viewers, thus the PG rating.

But really–can you resist this?

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For about a week after watching this movie, Kyle had a perfect Water Horse impression. He screwed his mouth up just right and did something with his eyes and got that same lovable look on his face.

If you think your family would like this movie, please leave a comment to win one of 5 Water Horse prize packs including

  • the Water Horse DVD
  • a blue Water Horse t-shirt
  • a cool egg that hatches the water horse, and you can watch him grow just like in the movie (my kids loved watching this, even though I accidentally cracked the egg first, spoiling the cool hatching feature)

We will post the winners on Wednesday May 28.

Reader Interactions


710 Comments

  7. I would love to win this for my grandchildren, thanks for the opportunity to enter

  8. My grandson loved this movie. Would love to snuggle with him while we watched it at home.

  9. There are very few family movies being msde these days. This looks like one that the kids can watch. I would love to win.

  16. I wanted to see this movie so bad, but I missed it for some reason. Sure hope to win it so I can watch it anytime.

  27. My kids haven’t seen this yet…I keep forgetting it’s out on DVD. But it looked like a great family movie, thanks for the chance to win!

  30. This looks like a great movie and I would love to win the prize package! Thanks for the chance to win!

  40. On Memorial Day, my family and I went to a barbeque at a friends house. It was raining so we were stuck inside. When I checked on my 2y.o. she was sitting motionless watching Water Horse on TV while the other kids were going “mad” all around her. I (we)need this DVD.

  45. This would be an awesome movie to ahve for the kids! Count us in!!

  47. Scotland is beautiful and we love legends.
    Please enter me and thanks

  49. I would love to win this movie for my children…we missed it at the theatre!

  50. My kids have seen this advertised and want so bad to see it! What a wonderful offer!!!

  51. We occassionally have movie night where we go to our bedroom with the kids, twins girls 5 and 8year old boy. We usually rent thru Redbox. My family loved this movie and wants to buy it. They will watch it over and over. Thank you for this offer.

  56. My granddaughter absolutely loved this movie and I know should would enjoy the DVD

  57. I would love to win this my daughter and grandchildren would love it.I have the grandkids all summer this would be such a great movie to watch with them

  59. Would love to watch this with my 6-year-old! Thank you for the opportunity! 🙂

  61. My family would really enjoy this movie. Wish me luck! Thanks for having such great contests.

  65. Would love to win this. Have two little boys that would really enjoy seeing it.

  66. I know that my family would really enjoy watching this movie. We haven’t had the opportunity to watch waterhorse yet!

  68. I agree. Watching a DVD at home is so much more comfortable and affordable. We would love to have this.

  69. My kids and I really want to see this movie. From the previews, it looks great! Thanks for the great contest!

  70. We have all been wanting to see this movie so bad. It looks like such a good movie.

  77. Would love to have this as an addition to my collection for homebound individual.

  80. Please enter me – I’d love to see this movie and thanks so much for sponsoring this contest

  81. My four year old nephew would absolutely love this!! He hasn’t seen the film yet but he’s been asking for it and he’s got a birthday coming up. I really, really hope I can win this for him. Thanks for the great giveaway.

  82. Saw it with my 2 sons and daughter, and the youngest absolutely loved it! He would so love the egg and has been bugging me to buy the DVD too. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  87. My 3 year old and I watched it atleast twice a day for the 5 days we rented. I would love to add to our collection of DVDs. We watch a movie every night before bed and cuddle eating popcorn together.

  97. I had really wanted to see this movie after watching the previews, but never got the chance. I would love to win the DVD!

  99. This looks like a great family movie. And, it looks like the computer animation is superb!

  102. My youngest son is a huge fan of this book, I would love to win the DVD for him.

  103. Please enter me in the contest. My grandchildren and I would love to have it.

  111. love to see this movie but that egg sounds like something the kids would absolutely love.

  112. Nice prize! I’ve even been wanting to see this – never mind the kids. lol. Thanks!

  115. My children saw this movie through a school function. They loved it. They have also asked for the movie

  117. My children loved this movie and would love to have it to watch at home!!

  118. We definitely find it challenging to find a movie for the entire family, as we are a big family and the kids range in ages from 3 to young adults. This sounds perfect! Thank you for the opportunity!

  128. yeah, we loved this movie, thanks for the opportunity to win a copy. The kids wil love it!

  129. Saw the movie with the wife and thought it was great…would be nice to add to our collection for the kids that come over and watch our movies and for rainy days!

  134. Summer is here and no home work for the girls so this would be a great family time movie on a week night with the girls.

  140. Wanted to see this movie, but haven’t had time to see it. Thank you for this opportunity to win, this wonderful prize.

  154. I saw this movie and loved it so much I want to have it to add to our movie collection. It is such a well put together family movie.

  155. I saw previews for it and it looked really cute, especially when he was a baby. This would make a great movie for family night.

  156. I love the way this movie looks like one of those feel good movies all members of the family will love. I loved Andre the Seal and this one looks like it would be the same type of movie.

  162. I would love to see this movie, I am only able to see 1 movie a year away from home and so enjoy having DVDs available. Jeann

  172. My niece said it was a very good family movie and she enjoyed watching it with her daughter. Would love to win it too watch it with them…

  174. Don’t think me an egg head or water horse..but I would love to be your winner!

  176. I think this would be watched by my entire family. We could have an actual “family night” with popcorn, a great movie – the works! Thanks for the contest.

  181. It looks good. We don’t get out to the movies much either. DVD’s are great.

  185. Looks like a great movie and I must admit, I’ll never outgrow children’s films! Thanks for a great contest.

  186. We saw this at the theater and LOVED it! It waould make an excellent addition to our DVD collection.

  190. I would love to have a reason to ask for a babysitter:) My husband and I would love to have a movie night! Looks like a good movie

  191. I would love to have a reason to ask for a babysitter:) My husband and I would love to have a movie night!

  200. Wow I think my little nephews would love this movie.

    I would love to win this for them!!!!

  205. My son went nuts everytime we saw this commercial. Would be fun to see it.

  208. I’ve wanted to see this since I saw the previews for it. It looks like a really cute movie!

  209. This would be cool to see plus summer is coming and I need things to keep them busy.

  214. 10 minutes after the beginning of the movie I was already weeping. This was one on the best films I have seen this year.

  217. Would love this. It is soo cute. And my nieces are spending the summer here.

  220. This movie sounds great! We don’t have cable, so we rely on good family films for our viewing entertainment.

  227. This is a wonderful family movie! It would be great to own this. Please enter me, please.

  231. With my toddler, I don’t really go to the movies anymore. It would be great to win this so that I could watch it at home. Thanks!

  235. I missed this when it came out. I would love to watch it with my grandchildren.

  254. I’ve heard the “Water Horse: Legend of The Deep” was a good movie. My kiddos haven’t seen the movie. I’m sure, they would really enjoy this DVD!!

    leslie_ann1968(at)msn(dot)com

  255. My daughter really loved this! She thought the Waterhorse was adorable.

  256. Saw the previews on TV and definitely want to see it. Count me in especially with all the other goodies in the giveaway. 😉 Thanks.

  268. I just watched this with my 6 year old son. It’s a great family movie, and would be great to own!

  273. I tried my own water horse. A pool and a pony. Just didn’t work out

  281. I can across this site by accident and it is amazing!!! My father took my daughter to see this movie one evening while I was working. She loved it! All she talked about for days was this movie. She keeps wanting me to buy it for her, but single mom can’t afford anything but the essentials. This would be a cool thing to be able to give her for moving on to the next grade. A night with mom at the movies. 🙂

  287. My 4-year-old loved this movie when we rented it. We would love to own it!

  300. Thanks for offering such a great contest! I’ve wanted to see/buy this DVD so bad but it just hasn’t happened yet. Everyone in my house wants this so please consider me! Good luck to all!!!

  303. Any movie suitable for both adults and children is going to be a hit with me.

  306. It’s a win~win Situation….
    you feel good giving it away…
    I feel good winning it,
    so go ahead, make both our days,
    and make me a winner!

  308. I saw the advertisements but did not get a chance to see it in the movies. It looks really cuts!

  313. My foster kids would love this,wow,how cute!please count me in too!

  315. I almost rented this yesterday for my daughter. The movie looks adorable.

  318. Thanks for the helpful review! I really think my son would love this, and my daughter would too, in a couple years.

  319. My son wanted to see this when it was first released and we never made it. He’d love this prize.

  320. My girls and I have been really wanting to see this movie. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  327. I thought this looked like a sweet and heartwarming movie when I first saw the preview at the theater. I would love to win it!

  332. would love to see this… my hubby and i WERE theatre junkies… now with twin infants, the movies are in our living room… lol…

  333. Oh I would love to win this for my son. We have seen it before, but that was like 2-3 weeks ago and still he keeps asking about it. If we had the movie to keep it could help me stay sane. (i hear mommy water horse today? about 10 times a day lol)
    Thanks for the great giveaway!

  334. The whole family absolutely adored this movie! It’s been high on our recommendation list!

  335. We loved the Water Horse and would definately love to win this! My son didn’t watch the movie cause he was sleeping but my hubby and I loved it!

  339. we just got back from scotland where we visited Loch Ness. This would be a great movie for us to see now

  355. My family would love this movie—-even though they’re getting older everyone still wants to believe in a little magic!

  365. We intended to go but we missed this in the theater. It would be nice to win!

  370. I’ve actually been contemplating buying this one, so hopefully I will win it instead!

  378. My little ones just love fantasy movies like this. We have not seen Water Horse yet but it’s been on our list since my oldest first saw the commercial.
    Good luck to all!

  382. A fantastic movie and giveaway! Please enter us. We have weekly movie nights, and I know my daughters would enjoy this!

  398. My family, all 3 generations of us would LOVE this movie!! Thank You for the opportunity to win such a great prize

  399. My whole family wants to see this movie. With the price of everything going up, we don’t get out much anymore. This would be a wonderful win.

  400. This would be so awesome. My girls would love this. They read the book and have wanted to watch this movie.

  409. I have a 4, 9 and 12 yr old so I know this would be a hit with them! Thanks!

  416. We just rented this from Redbox and my kids loved it!! It would be a great addition to our tiny DVD collection! The t-shirt and egg sound wonderful too!

  422. This was a wonderful movie! My kids have been trying to locate an “egg” in our yard since they watched it!

  437. I never had a chance to take the grandkids to see this, so a great win this would be!

  445. Thank you for your review of this movie. I didn’t purchase it because I wasn’t sure if we’d enjoy it. After reading your review, I am sure we will enjoy it. 🙂

  457. I took my boys to see this movie. The youngest cried because the Waterhorse left the boy. I think he pictured himself as the boy and the waterhorse as his friend.

  466. Now this is my type of movie. Nowadays they don’t make many good movies but this one gets four stars from me. I would love to have this. Thank you for offering it to some lucky person.

  468. This would be nice – we never make it to the movies anymore. And my little guy would love watching the egg hatch.

  477. Thank you so much for the wonderful contest.
    I would LOVE to win this for my family !!

  486. We missed this when it was at the theater, but I would love to share this with my husband and boys.

  488. Looks like a delightful film that is safe for the whole family. Count me in, and thanks for a great contest!

  490. We saw this in the theater and my son LOVED it. We will definitely see this one over and over and over…

  502. This is a great movie to have in my home collection. I only keep the best children’s and family movies. This is a great giveaway. Thanks.

  503. wow! a lot of guys want to win…well I hope we are the lucky ones.
    3beez at bellsouth.net

  508. It is a wonderful movie and would love to give to the grandkids to enjoy. Thanks for entry.

  514. I think we would really enjoy it-we haven’t seen it yet, but would like to!

  518. My granddaughter is a little young for this (just turned two), but my hubby would love this. He’s been eyeing it longingly whenever we go shopping.

  523. Excellent movie that both my 12y.o. son and 10y.o. daughter enjoyed, not to mention dad and stepmom! The interesting thing is that my daughter wouldn’t go to bed after the movie until she had watched all the extra features on the DVD. We bought the Blu-Ray version which was filled with excellent features about the “making of”, etc. Thanks
    Scott

  524. Oh, my youngest loved this movie. She’d be way excited to own it AND a t-shirt!! (not to mention the egg. . . ) 🙂

  525. I wish I could of watched in theaters but if I win this then I will be able to then.

  527. This is such a good movie. My mom’s been saying she wants her own Crusoe ever since she saw it.

  531. I know my nine year old daughter would love this package and it would be fun for us to watch the movie together.

  533. I’ve watched this movie with my grandkids and we all LOVED it!! I would love to win this package.

  544. What a wonderful giveaway. My kids would really love this. Thank you.

  556. Me and my Dad would really like this. I recently watched a movie with him similar to this one–Mitchie or Mickey or something or other. We both enjoyed that one (Though it was a liiiiiittle bit corny!) so I think we would love this one, and I know my niece would like the little extras!

  562. How fun! I have been wanting to see this movie and I haven’t yet. I also like to watch movies with my dd. I know it will be far more enjoyable once she is older, but until then we still love it.

  565. I have heard so much aboutt his movie.Sounds really interesting and would love to win it.

  566. I know for sure that everyone in my family has been dying to see it. I personally have been wanting to purchase it, but sometimes money keeps us strapped from everything at all except bills.

    Would love to win…it’d make some really happy people in our home.

  568. Ooooh! I’ve been wanting to see this movie. I was going to buy it last week, but at $19.99 at Walmart, it was still to much for my budget. We enjoy watching movies together & often invite friends over for movies & popcorn. Please enter me in the drawing.

    PS: I just found your blog. It’s awsome. I can’t quit reading it.

  569. It sounds like a great movie for young and old. Thanks for having the contest.

  570. I’ve been meaning to see this movie with the family, but we havne’t gotten around to it yet. Glad to hear it’s actually enjoyable!!!

  572. I would love to have this movie. My grandkids would so enjoy watching this anytime they would like to. This is one of their favorite movies.

  577. This looks like such a good movie for family night! I don’t even think I would fall asleep. It looks that good!

  578. My son is sitting on my lap while I’m reading this and he points to the picture and says “Water Horse mommy!” Guess he wants to see the movie, too.

  580. A really heartwarming movie to watch with my grandaughter is hard to find! She would just adore this film!

  586. This would be a great addition to our collection. We use NetFlix to watch before we decide to buy and I can buy form them for less than a new one would cost.

  589. We missed this movie when it was in theaters. It looks soo cute and family oriented.

  591. I’d love this package to share with my stepgrandchildren. Looks like a captivating movie!

  593. I saw the previews for this and thought it looked cute and family-friendly. I’d love to try it out with my family; thanks for the review! gumbi1313 at msn dot com

  604. Hi, It kind of reminds me of “Pete’s Dragon!” I love that movie. This type of movie is so magical. Please enter my family in your delightful giveaway. It is a wonderful prize package contest. Thanks very much
    Cindi

  605. My kids have been wanting to see this movie so bad but we haven’t had a chance yet! I’ve heard it’s great though so we’d love to win it! Thanks!

  611. My daughter saw this movie at daycare and has not stopped talking about it since.
    I know she would be truly blessed to have the DVD or any prize.
    M

  614. We love our movie nights! My son has been wanting to watch this movie and I would love to surprise him with it. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  635. We would love this movie. We have kids 9yo twins, 10, 15, & 16 so I completely understand the difficulty in finding something appropriate for everyone. Thank you for offering this prize package. Take care, Cory

  636. I have 4 kids aged 4,6,8 and 9. Trying to find a movie we can all watch together is hard to find. This movie truly entertains. Any movie that can keep a rambunctious 4 year old girl in one spot for the duration of it is the perfect movie to me.

  639. I would love to watch this with my family when they come over for a movie night. Thanks for the great review and giveaway!

  648. I heear that this movie is a great movie for the whole family sense E.T. I hope that I win this movie to add it to my collection.

  650. Nevermind the kids, I’m the one that wants to see this movie. I guess I’ll let the kids watch too.

  654. I love spending quality time with my family and this sounds like a very enjoyable movie and “prize pack”. Thank you for the offer!

  665. my daughter has been wanting to see this movie. We have a ritual that, every Saturday morning we get up early (just the two of us) and we watch a movie together. This would be a great addition to out collection.

  668. We would love to have this package! My son really wanted to see this movie, but we missed it the only day it played at our overseas military post!

  669. Would love to win this neat movie package!!

    laura_licious101(at)hotmail(dot)com

  673. Our neighbors were just telling us about this movie. We’d love to watch it after our daughter’s bedtime. And I’m curious about that little hatching egg…

  674. Oh, my four year old son would be ecstatic if I won this package. He loved seeing the Water Horse in the theatre and would think he was so cool if he had a t-shirt and a cracking egg! Thanks!

  676. I think my family would LOVE this. Completely into animal/fantasy movies right now.

  680. We totally missed seeing this in the theatres and I know my girls would really enjoy this! Thanks for offering this!
    ~Tanya
    the4moyers(at)msn(dot)com

  681. We just rented this and now the girls are begging us to buy it. We definitely will 🙂

  684. My daughter raves about the Water Horse and that’s only from the commercial! This is a definite must see with the kids.. looks like adventure a plenty! I’d love to be able to give this gift to her. 😀 Thanks for having the giveaway!
    Starr

  689. I’ve been watching to see when this one was on the movie store shelves, but I’m behind I see. lol We’d LOVE this!

  691. We rented this and LOVED it. My daughter (3) keeps asking if she can watch “little baby waterhorse” and I keep having to tell her we had to take it back. I would be thrilled to win this for her (and the rest of us) and the egg – oh how cool!!!

  692. I love this movie. My 18 month old sat and watched it with me and she never watches tv. I would love to own it!

  694. My daughter wanted to see this, and we never got out to do it. I know she’d love to have the DVD and the other gifts! It would make her day!!!

  697. The trailer for this movie makes it look interesting but didn’t hear much about it from regular people. Would love to win it, though!