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Nim's Island

Nim's Island (2008)

April. 03,2008
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6
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PG
| Adventure Fantasy Comedy Family

A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.

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Solemplex
2008/04/03

To me, this movie is perfection.

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Lovesusti
2008/04/04

The Worst Film Ever

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Smartorhypo
2008/04/05

Highly Overrated But Still Good

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Odelecol
2008/04/06

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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invisibleunicornninja
2008/04/07

I actually liked the movie better than the book. That doesn't mean its any good. I guess there is some enjoyment to be had here, but overall this movie is pretty forgettable.

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Python Hyena
2008/04/08

Nim's Island (2008): Dir: Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett / Cast: Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin, Gerard Butler, Maddison Joyce, Anthony Simcoe: Imaginative film about taking possession or losing it. Nim and her father, Jack live on an island paradise. When he becomes stranded at sea she e-mails a fictional hero named Alex Rover. The author is a paranoid female named Alexandra Rover whom is forced to answer the distress call. The ending is heartwarming but the production values are terrible. Directed by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett who counter the flimsy production with imaginative writing. Abigail Breslin as Nim is introduced without a mother, but brought up by her father to help sustain the island. She is imaginative and intelligent with several animal friends. Jodie Foster as Alexandra must overcome her paranoia to embark on an adventure where she conquers more than her fears. Gerard Butler plays duo roles including Nim's father Jack as well as Alexandra's fictional hero with humour in tact. Other roles are reduced to overacting although Maddison Joyce as a wandering tourist who discovers Nim is a steal. He is unfortunately punished for the belief of lying but then again, these tourist aren't very bright. Families are the target audience and children in particular will enjoy it most. Theme of parental role models accompanies the chaos. Score: 7 ½ / 10

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pinkarray
2008/04/09

I first saw the poster for this film at the mall; around the time when the film came out. I've been wanting to see it since it looked like a fun and fascinating film but I was too afraid to since I hated crying in movies and I noticed that most movies had crying scenes in them. Of course, that was before I fully understood how these sites were recommending stuff; thus, I didn't really care yet I found a better recommendation site called Tastekid that I decided to use because they recommend me most movies that thought were truly interesting. And so, I started watching movies again; even if I became a huge fan of movies in 2009 but still a little afraid. And then I stopped being a fan again in 2010.I saw a little bit of this movie on television a few years it came out and was disappointed by it. I couldn't keep my eyes on it and so, I ignored it. My experience of the movie back then was that it wasn't what I expected from seeing the poster. IT ACTUALLY FOOLS YOU INTO THINKING THAT THE MOVIE IS GOING TO BE THAT GOOD BUT REALLY, IT ISN'T! THOUGH, IT STILL COULD'VE BEEN A LOT BETTER!I watched some of this movie again last night since I really wanted to see it even if I was disappointed since it looked quite interesting but I also wanted to see if the movie would be able to HIT THE SPOT! But it didn't.In the beginning, it has Nim narrating the story. Nim is a spirited little girl who inhabits an isolated island with her father, who's a scientist and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading. So THIS is what the film's about! Still kind of disappointing... Nim sobs when she couldn't find her father. I was expecting the film to be a lot more fascinating and I still wasn't all that engaged by it! I finished the rest of the film today; I was right, it was a big let-down. But still a mediocre film. PictureWell, although the part Nim climbs down the boulder was where the film was at its best and that it was what I expected until a tad after and so on.The film got a tad better when Nim had scared everyone away on the island. But it still kind of ruined the film, mostly the hula dancing. During the middle, the film got fun and fascinating which was quite cool yet disappointing at the same time! Since it seemed like the director was slightly referencing IT TAKES TWO (1995)! Nim is all alone and it frustrates people. When Nim tries to find her father, then she calls him Jack? Huh? What kind of little girl is this? She's probably too old for this. Come on, man, you can tell the walrus "father" or something, I'm sure he'll still understand! And then we have a scene where Alexandra covers her face because she's deathly afraid of a firefly? So a few excessively weird scenes with a slightly eccentric child and a slightly cowardly woman.All in all, this film is a tad too annoying, too funny, too fun, too suspenseful/serious, and fascinating. The music was too dramatic which was of course due to the film. The actors, compared to the poster were a pretty bad pick, though they all did well. So basically, everything about the film was foolish yet mediocre. So I give it a 6.1.

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Jackson Booth-Millard
2008/04/10

I saw a few adverts and clips for this film at the time of its release, and it looked like an easy to like and digest family film, and obviously the cast appealed to me, so I watched it. Basically eleven year old Nim Rusoe (Abigail Breslin) lives with her father Jack Rusoe (Gerard Butler) on a beautiful and uncharted tropical island in the middle of the South Pacific, her mother Emily died after apparently being swallowed by a blue whale that was scared by a ship called the Buccaneers. Jack is a research biologist/scientist studying microscopic marine organisms, while Nim spends most of her time with all her animal friends: Selkie the sea lion, Fred the lizard, and Galileo the pelican, who have taught her most of her skills, e.g. swimming. She also has a big imagination, and can really express it when she is reading, especially the books of Alexandra 'Alex' Rover (Jodie Foster) from San Francisco, she even gets into contact with her, believing "Alex Rover" is a man, and Alex herself sees her character Alex (also Butler) since she is so alone, neurotic, and recently agoraphobic. Jack has to leave Nim to go on a two day mission to find a new species of plankton called Protozoa Nim, he wanted to take her but she said she'd be fine, and wants to be there when Chicca's eggs hatch, but they will communicate by satellite phone. She and Alex continue communication by email, Alex, thinking that Nim is Jack's secretary or assistant, has enquiries about his knowledge, including a look at the dormant island volcano, but the little girl gets injured in the process. Jack meanwhile is caught in a storm and is shipwrecked, meaning that he cannot communicate with Nim, and he does not return by the time he said he would, so while Galileo brings him things to help him, Nim is desperate for help and asks Alex to come. While Alex braves herself to leave her house and take the journey to find the island, tourists have come across the island, the little girl assumes they are pirates, but she scares them away by convincing them, using smoke and forced rock fall, that the volcano is erupting. In the process of this Nim was spotted by little boy Edmund (Maddison Joyce), he tries to convince people he saw someone already on the island, without them believing him, but he does manage to convince Alex of her whereabouts, so she continues her journey. Eventually Alex, on the tourist boat, steals a boat and heads for the island, but she too is caught in a storm, but she is saved from drowning by Nim, and when the storm passes they finally meet each other in person. Nim is angry that Alex Rover is not who she believed, and she wants her to leave because she may have caused the island to become noticeable, but eventually they become friends, Jack returns to her daughter with the plankton he was seeking, and he and Alex become close too. Also starring Michael Carman as Captain and Anthony Simcoe as First Mate. Breslin gives a nice performance as the young storyteller, free spirit and imaginative personality, as both the father and the fictional character of the writer Butler is cool, and Foster is good at being panicky with her phobias but determined to help the little girl. It is a simple story of a father trying to get back to her daughter, a daughter trying to fend for herself, and a woman trying to reach a hard to find island, it is colourful, it is fun, and all the family will like it, it is a nice fantasy adventure. Worth watching!

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