How sad is this?

Good movie but grossly overrated

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

For years i've had a distant memory of watching this film , i looked on the net to find it somewhere and couldn't find it anywhere so i thought it must have disappeared.UNTIL...my gran showed me a box set she sent off for in the Daily Mail and i though nah there wont be anything decent in there, but to my great surprise there amongst other gems was The Water Babies! I hadn't been that excited ina long long time! Its a great light hearted film, the songs aren't memorable probably if i was a child during the time it came out i would have stuck in my mind more. Sadly it was just a film i watched at my grans 10 years ago when i was a little spud. And watching it back now the animation is terrible! and the re-recored voices they do to get a richness to the sound in films is totally off! But who cares when your a kid you never think of those things, even if they lead boy is about 10 and sounds like a boy in the middle of puberty.Great classic kids film!

I too have been looking for a copy of Water Babies. My sister and I were just talking about this movie yesterday. As for the other movie you mentioned, it is called Dot and the Kangaroo. I actually found this movie on DVD at Wal-Mart a few months ago for $1.00. It was in a bin full of other classic cartoons like Little Brown jug and Molly the Moo Cow. What a find I was so excited! My daughter has since watched it several times and loves it as much as I did. Although she laughed at me when I pointed out the parts that used to scare me as a child. The sound and picture quality was about the same as in the '70's. Does anyone know a good website to order same of these titles? I also desperately want a copy of Song of the South

I remember watching this film in 1981, when I was 7. It was absolutely brilliant! I found the DVD just a couple of months ago. I was nearly jumping up and down with glee!! I bought it and showed it to my kids. They loved it too. They asked what words the seahorse was singing (I didn't tell them, though, because I don't think telling the words 'gay' and 'ecstasy' to 6 year old kids is very good parenting). The songs are brilliant. I still remember them all. I'll still remember them when I'm 60! There, or near abouts. Tommy Pender is (was) such a brilliant actor. It's a pity he gave it up.If you find the film, BUY IT! You'll love it!

This movie really is not what it would appear to be. A delightful children's animated fun-time is what you'd expect. This is not what is delivered. No one should watch this movie at a young age, because it will freak you out as much as 35 years later. I watched it at an early age, and now...roughly 16 years later or so....still freaked out a bit. You go from feeling very sorry for this kid who always has dirt on his face, to being scared of Mr Grimes, to receiving mental scars from the image and sound of the scary woman whispering "run boy" as her face is imposed over the normal footage, to thinking that maybe it's a good idea that we go animated from now on, to wondering what's up with that weird crab, and finally to trying to de-code the message on the cake at the end. It's all very odd. Maybe it's not really that scary. Maybe I was in a weird phase of my life at age 6, and this phase tainted the wonder of The WaterBabies. I guess you can judge for yourself, but only if you're over 18. Thank You.