This is a solidly impressive kids' sci-fi.
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03/31/07
The Last Mimzy (2007)
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Reviews Counted:120
Fresh:64
Rotten:56
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: The Last Mimzy makes efforts to be a fun children's movie, but unsuccessfully juggles too many genres and subplots -- eventually settling as an unfocused, slightly dull affair.
Theatrical Release:30-03-2007
Synopsis: Two kids find a bizarre box on the beach and are soon exhibiting signs of off-the-chart genius in this gently mind-blowing fantasy film. Little Emma (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) finds a cute bunny doll in... [More]
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Chris O'Neil, Rainn Wilson, Patrick Gilmore
Director: Bob Shaye
Reviews for The Last Mimzy
Top Critic
An intelligent, thoughtful sci-fi mystery that both adults and children can enjoy.
03/31/07
Cliches notwithstanding, this trippy fantasy always keeps you watching, even if it is with open-mouthed bemusement.
03/27/07
Top CriticA low-key sci-fi that has an offbeat charm all its own.
04/03/07
Top CriticIt's a confused and confusing affair, though not without its felicitous moments.
04/07/07
Occasionally arresting ideas and a non-condescending attitude to its pre-teen protagonists give this more character than many effects-driven family fantasies, even if it’s ultimately too wonky in construction to sweep us along convincingly.
03/31/07
Top CriticAs the film builds to its nail-biting conclusion, the children will have connected with the War on Terror and foreign philosophical belief systems in the interest of mankind's salvation.
03/19/07
A wonderful sci-fi tale that proclaims that the emotions, compassion, and wonder of children may hold the key to the survival of future generations.
03/22/07
One of the few kids' movies that is so pedantically political as to attempt to show kids the evil that comes from the Patriot Act, which it vilifies by name.
03/21/07
On the surface, it sounds like an E.T. clone. Oh, if only. Where Steven Spielberg's 25-year-old masterpiece had heart to spare, Mimzy is an emotionless empty shell.
03/23/07
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06/04/08
Turgid twaddle.
06/25/07
The full resonance of Mimzy's meaning is better conveyed in its press notes than in the film itself, and Shaye’s camerawork too often causes one to wonder what we're aren’t seeing the frame and why.
03/23/07
So not only is The Last Mimzy saving the environment but also making a statement on government intrusion into private lives. It's clear director Robert Shaye has an agenda, and it tends to step on the rest of his movie.
03/23/07
Roger Waters' song is ultimately the work of a sell-out desperately trying to sound like a profound hippie prophet. As it happens, so is The Last Mimzy.
03/26/07
Mimzy lacks the insight of a seasoned professional. It's a grab bag of themes and sci-fi aspirations that elicit a majestic sense of "huh?" rather than awe.
03/22/07
Loud, weird, and something you don't want to spend too much time with.
03/23/07
The ultimate message of Mimzy seems to be: Help save the world, kids, but do it while enjoying the movie's preferred brand of lemon-lime soda.
03/23/07
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