Rent Loch Ness (1996)

Perfectly Sweet Family Romance Film - Loch Ness review by GI

This is one of those little pleasant, gentle and unassuming family films that throws in some humour, romance, a clash of cultures and in this case some fantasy making for a simply nice film that you can watch with just about anyone on a cosy night. It's all fairly predictable and is loaded with clichés but that all seems to matter not because it's a heartwarming story. Ted Danson plays down-on-his-luck American professor Dempsey sent by his boss to Scotland to research the legend of the Loch Ness monster and basically prove it's a load of baloney once and for all. Of course once he gets there he's a fish out of water facing ridicule and some hostility from the locals, begins to fall for the local pub landlady, Laura (Joely Richardson) and bonds with her cute daughter Isobel (Kirsty Graham). There's a little mystery in the plot that involves the curmudgeonly Ian Holm and Isobel holds the key to the mystery of the monster. Call me soppy but it's just a lovely little story and film.