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Magic in the Water (1995)

Magic in the Water poster
Directed by
Rick Stevenson
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, children's film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A workaholic father takes his two kids on a trip to a lake in British Columbia. The children hear stories about a creature living in the water and start to believe it might be real.

lightheartedwhimsicalgentlenostalgicrelaxedmysteriousfamily-friendlyslow-paced

What happens

Magic in the Water is a 1995 family adventure fantasy film directed by Rick Stevenson and written by Icel Dobell Massey and Stevenson from a story by Stevenson, Dobell Massey and Ninian Dunnett. It stars Mark Harmon, Joshua Jackson, Harley Jane Kozak and Sarah Wayne. The film follows two siblings and their preoccupied father who takes them on a vacation to a remote Canadian lake in British Columbia, where the siblings discover the lake is said to be inhabited by a mysterious lake monster. The film was distributed by TriStar Pictures and produced by Triumph Films. It was released to generally negative reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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