Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (2005)

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After many aborted attempts, Sean Campbell (Bruce Greenwood) has finally cleared his relentlessly busy schedule to take his son, Mac (Daniel Magder), on an oft-delayed trip to Disney World. Unfortunately, his bosses at Arctic Oil have other ideas. It seems that a helicopter carrying an extremely… More After many aborted attempts, Sean Campbell (Bruce Greenwood) has finally cleared his relentlessly busy schedule to take his son, Mac (Daniel Magder), on an oft-delayed trip to Disney World. Unfortunately, his bosses at Arctic Oil have other ideas. It seems that a helicopter carrying an extremely valuable drill bit has crashed into a remote Canadian lake and that Sean is the only person who can recover it. Mac, who believes his father places more importance on his work than on his son, is very unhappy about trading in Mickey and Goofy for a backwoods town with little to offer a young boy. Things change dramatically, however, when Mac not only hears tales of a mysterious lake monster named Mee-Shee but actually stumbles upon his hiding place in a secluded cavern. Mac is enormously excited, but none of the adults take him seriously. This includes his father, whose attempt to retrieve the equipment is being foiled by the evil Watkins (Charles Mesure) and his henchman, Mr. Snead (Joel Tobeck), who work for a rival oil company and will stop at nothing to retrieve the drill bit for themselves. Things don't look good for Sean on either a personal or professional level -- until Mee-Shee manages to change all that. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi

Directed By: John Henderson
Genres: Action & Adventure, Kids & Family

In Theaters: Jan 1, 2005 Wide
Studio: ContentFilm

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Teresa Talerico, Common Sense Media
Friendly father-son-sea monster movie.
Christopher Campbell, Cinematical
On the plus-side, kids aren't going to care enough about the quality of effects to enjoy Mee-Shee any less.
Anton Bitel, Film4
In this padded out family movie, even the scenes above the lake's surface feel a bit wet.
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
Essentially the Loch Ness story set in the wilds of Canada (but filmed in New Zealand), this is an enjoyable story about a boy on an adventure with his dad. It's nothing terribly original, but it's decently well-made.

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Emil K

Mee-Shee is completely harmless family entertainment which has basically nothing special or new to offer for audiences. What avoids this film to be completely without it's merits is it's wonderful looking locations which were shot in New Zealand. This is a film which at… More
Mee-Shee is completely harmless family entertainment which has basically nothing special or new to offer for audiences. What avoids this film to be completely without it's merits is it's wonderful looking locations which were shot in New Zealand. This is a film which at least has some eye candy in the form of nature. It is still a surprise that Jim Henson's name is tagged here. When it comes to special effects Mee-Shee is quite lazy work of CGI. Bruce Greenwood is solid enoug as a well meaning father but other perfromances are quite below the average and end up being mostly nothing more than a caricatures of bad guys and good guys. Mee-Shee is a film which has a heart and a good message but as a family entertainment it is flawed work and in a serious need of better screenplay. Still, film this good at it's heart is occasionally nice to see.
Red L

This is a pretty klutzy movie. There is a busy single parent, his ignored kid, the compulsory bad guy, the compulsory love interest, the compulsory native local, the compulsory Loch Ness-type monster which all gets wrapped up so everyone can go home happily ever after.
Bobby H

Mee-Shee is a decent film. The great part about this movie is it opens the minds of people again about lochness, nessie, and champ and the probability that perhaps there is a creature out there while adding some efforts and hints to protect not neccesarily "sea monsters" but… More
Mee-Shee is a decent film. The great part about this movie is it opens the minds of people again about lochness, nessie, and champ and the probability that perhaps there is a creature out there while adding some efforts and hints to protect not neccesarily "sea monsters" but all aquatic animals that may be on the verge of extinction. The actors are not magnificent but there not too bad either. The little boy and girl probably could of done better, but they were okay for there ages. The film takes the legend of a sea monster to the extreme and goes a little to far at times, but it's a nice movie for kids to watch. My nephew really enjoyed it and that was enough for me too.

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (2005)

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