Lucy and the Lake Monster

Lucy and the Lake Monster is a wonderful movie for the entire family. It is an uplifting, encouraging, and sweet film. The relationship between Lucy and her PaPa is magical and tender. Their chemistry as grandfather and granddaughter will definitely warm your heart. Loved the movie and highly recommend it!!! It's a movie of hope and faith ... of the need to always have that "childlike faith." The actors in this film were spectacular and made me feel as if I were a part of their lives in this film. So many blessings throughout the film of morality and goodness to others - how to treat others even in the hardest of times. Wonderful movie!

This is a story with some sweet and relatable themes for today. One of my favorite quotes was, the church is supposed to build bridges but often is a barrier. While the corporate "church" culture discourages questions, the grandpa encourages it. Definately one of the most beautiful messages is how important it is to feel like you can be yourself. I feel the heart of this film is definately that its important to have a childlike attitude and tender heart when approaching life, which the grandpa encourages. The grandpa definately makes a difference between childish and childlike, the grandpa has some deep wise messages to convey in the film.

This independent film is breath of fresh air to the normal mature or violent films being made today. There's no fighting, shootouts, nudity or foul language. A feel-good movie that is very rarely seen today. It has subtle lessons as well as lessons about bullying. With emphasis about not to give up on your dreams, no matter what pressure you're experiencing. The audience, especially the children in the theater, cheer out loud for "Lucy and PaPa!" Richard Rossi is so multi-talented, and it shows with his collaboration with Kelly Tabor, who co-wrote the book and screenplay., The movie itself. The writing, the singing and creativity is put together beautifully. The outdoor scenes are put together smartly. And a lot of the scenery is breathtaking. There is also a great small town feeling that you get just from the scenery alone. A very special shout out to child actress, Emma Pearson. This beautiful young girl has a career ahead of her. She is so believable and projects her character showing almost no effort. After I found out how it was conceived and finally accomplished, I was even more impressed. The cameos are great, and what a sad coincidence that it became John Amos's last time on film. I recommend it for families and children of all ages.

Emma Pearson did an amazing job. I loved the movie and I was able to see Champ in one of the scenes!! Pay attention to the water on the lower right section!!

The script was fun and was able to keep our entire family engaged. The budget was low for this production but they managed to pull something really nice. I would definitely would recommend this movie to parents and kids. After watch it I got some interest in learning more about the story of Champ. Maybe this can be the first of many more movies it.

Lastly, I cant wait until the film is presented to film festivals and we can find it in the movie theaters.

"Lucy & the Lake Monster" is one of the finest films I've seen this year. The core of this heartfelt drama is the relationship between Papa, the grandfather, (Richard Rossi) and his nine year-old granddaughter Lucy (Emma Pearson). They have the type of loving relationship every child needs with a parent or grandparent.

It's a wonderful movie for children, but also for everyone, because Papa and Lucy's adventure searching for the sea creature Champ is compelling to all ages.

The setting of the Lake Champlain region of New York and Vermont was gorgeous, and the scenery was displayed with breathtaking cinematography.

The music is fantastic. After leaving the theater in New York, we found ourselves singing the theme song, "You, Champ, and Me." When the rocking toe-tapper "Lago Time" played in the film, many in the audience were clapping, moving their arms, and some even danced in the aisles to the infectious beat.

This is a simple, but very powerful film and I found the relationship between Lucy and her grandfather especially touching.