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03/26/07
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
It never loses that critical touch of all great children's stories--the feeling kids have of being in the center of what's important in the world.
03/26/07
There are weak spots in the story, but it's such a fun story, and there's so much warmth in the characters' relationships with one another, that it hardly matters.
03/24/07
This is a fun film for all.
03/24/07
At last! A feel-good geek film designed especially for 5th-grade conservationist Mensa students!
03/24/07
The children aren't given the chance to be amazed at their discoveries; the film is missing all the magic and wonder and most of all the fun of a real adventure.
03/24/07
Loud, weird, and something you don't want to spend too much time with.
03/23/07
It's Donnie Darko for kids.
03/23/07
Whatever your expectations may be...Is it about benevolent aliens from the future? Supernatural phenomena?...it may ultimately disappoint you with its cluttered derivativeness.
03/23/07
the farther you get from age 13, the more the film will lose appeal
03/23/07
Wholesome, eager entertainment that doesn't talk down.
03/23/07
Top CriticThe movie grows muddled with too many tedious segments involving adults.
03/23/07
While the film is by no means a close adaptation, it's a thoughtful and sincere interpretation that might actually get kids and their guardians thinking and talking.
03/23/07
The gentleness of the film is almost unique in this day and age. It's a true family movie, one that adults likely won't groan at when they are told that the problems of the future are because 'our precious quality of humanity had been turned off.'
03/23/07
Shaye gives the film a message well worth hearing: Today's kids, constantly distracted by electronic devices, don't spend enough time connecting with each other and with their families. But this idea is buried among too many talky scenes with the adults.
03/23/07
A good-looking, relatively ambitious movie that respects and enhances [sci-fi writer] Kuttner's vision.
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
While the end result of all this experimentation isn't entirely convincing or coherent, it's fairly entertaining and will probably appeal to the young audience at which it's aimed.
03/23/07
An involving fantasy for beamish boys and girls -- and their parents. At moments, Mimzy captures the moonbeam awe of E.T.
03/23/07
The family-friendly Mimzy should work well with its target audience of younger children.
03/23/07
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