Nim's Island

Be the hero of your own story.


Nim's Island
A young girl lives with her dad on a remote island in the South Pacific. She yearns for adventure. One day, dad gets stranded out to sea, leaving her all alone. She manages to make contact with a famous adventure author, who decides to overcome her psychological hangups and come to the rescue. There are some baddies as well, and our little heroine defends her island in true ''home alone'' style.

96 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Adventure, Comedy, Family.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Michael Carman, Mark Brady, Anthony Simcoe
Director
Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
ScreenplayJoseph Kwong, Paula Mazur, Mark Levin, Jennifer Flacket, from the novel by Wendy Orr
MusicPatrick Doyle
CinematographyStuart Dryburgh
EditingStuart Levy
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2008
Produced byWalden Media

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreAdventure, drama
LanguageInfrequent, mild
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceNone
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsNone
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
2
Violence
2
Blood / Gore / Gross
2
Guns / Weapons
2
Profanity
1
Alcohol / Drugs
1
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
2
Imitative Behaviour
2
Frightening / Tense Scenes
3
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
4
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
3


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith
10
Die Burger
Jeanne Calitz
10
Cape Times
Tasha Robinson
10
The Citizen
Natalie Bosman
12
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
10
eye Weekly
Philip Brown quote iconThe filmmakers and actors almost seem conscious of the bad script and are constantly trying to overcompensate. Foster does a reasonable job of finding the right level of manic for her character, but everyone else in the cast struggles to bring their cartoon caricatures to life and helplessly mug for the camera.
1
ReelViews
James Berardinelli quote iconThe central problem with Nim's Island is that little happens and the character who is changed by the experience is not the lead. There's nothing especially wrong with Nim's Island, but there's not a lot right about it either.
13
ScreenIt
quote iconWhile Nim's Island is easy enough to watch (although one's enjoyment of it will likely be inversely proportional to their age), I just kept wishing it was more adventurous, magical and imaginative.
10
Metacritic.com
23 critics
11
Rottentomatoes critics
84 critics
11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconFlounders under an implausible storyline and simplistic stock characters.
10

What the People say

Internet
1283 Netizens quote iconGreat movie in more ways than one
12

Average .. 50%

10

Trailer






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