Hero Doug Funnie discovers benign, Barneyesque monster in lake, exposes pollute, courts Patti Mayonnaise, goes to Valentine's Day dance. Tots may be scared of lurking monster.
Characters smoke, drink.
Would bore preteens. Brief sexual innuendo. For adults, teens with sense of irony. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright as ladies in 1930's Italy facing Fascist thuggery, war, in sentimental but diverting tale. William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.