Plenty of things happen that adults will have to overlook and forget any reasoning because this is a movie aimed at kids, and on that point it delivers.

I haven't felt this embarrassed for a star since Robert DeNiro donned a tutu and did the can-can in Stardust.

It’s a wondrous and warmhearted adventure story with some nifty special effects and some first-rate performances.

Unabashedly, this is a family entertainment package made for the child in all of us. And one more thing: It's fun. Lots of smart, if silly, escapism.

There's a lot to like about spunky Breslin, even when she's unnecessarily recapping events or recapitulating Home Alone as she chases caricatured cruise-ship tourists from her island. She's a charismatic, energetic presence at the heart of the film

Despite its welcome emphasis on the heroism of two female characters, 'Nim's Island' is one of the most disappointing and disjointed films so far this year.

Based on Wendy Orr's youthful feminized spin on Robinson Crusoe, "Nim's Island" is a low-key adventure comedy for preteens that will touch the hearts of their gooey-eyed parents.

Over-written and awkwardly directed, it's nevertheless family-friendly, complete with flying lizards and a flatulent sea lion.

Nim's Island starts out with a dead mother, so it's already got the makings of a family film classic.

Jodie 'Brave One' Foster is still peeved, though now it's less about what bad people do, than how icky their unsanitary their germs are. And she isn't half bad either doing a divine nitwit dining on worms or playing soccer with a coconut in the wilds.