Nim's Island (2008)

Directors:

Jennifer Flackett
Mark Levin

Writers (WGA):

Joseph Kwong (screenplay) &
Paula Mazur (screenplay) ...

Data di uscita:

4 aprile 2008 (USA)

Genere:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

Slogan:

Be the hero of your own story.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Sailboat | E Mail | Whale | Shipwreck | Indonesia

Premi:

1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

Above Average Family Movie

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Cast

Abigail Breslin	...	Nim Rusoe
Jodie Foster	...	Alexandra Rover
Gerard Butler	...	Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
Michael Carman	...	Captain
Mark Brady	...	Purser
Anthony Simcoe	...	First Mate
Christopher Baker	...	Ensign
Peter Callan	...	Edmund's Father
Rhonda Doyle	...	Edmund's Mother
Russell Butler	...	Old Fisherman
Colin Gibson	...	Cruise Director
Bryan Probets	...	Australian Tourist #1
Andrew Nason	...	Australian Tourist #1
Dorothy Thorsen	...	Blue-Haired Woman
Penny Everingham	...	Older Woman Tourist

Alias:

Alla ricerca dell'isola di Nim (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild adventure action and brief language.

Durata:

96 min | USA:95 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Divieti:

Australia:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | South Korea:All | USA:PG (certificate #43560) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:PG | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Taiwan:GP | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:I | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:6 | UK:U | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud)

Luoghi delle riprese:

Bowen, Queensland, Australia

Company:

Walden Media

Curiosità:

The Australian sea lions used in the film are named Spud and Friday. Both reside at Sea World Australia, and shared the role of Selkie.

Citazioni:

Nim Rusoe: Nobody invades my island and gets away with it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-04-05)" (2008)

Above Average Family Movie

Nim's Island manages to never to go over the top and combines a nice comedy drama genre for the big screen. This movie has elements from The Last Action Hero (1993), Jumping Jack Flash (1986), and The Whalerider (2002), all fascinating looks at either imaginary or fantastical friends or exotic islands and a young woman's connection with marine life. What this movie is able to avoid is Home Alone (1990) dumb slapstick comedy. The script was very sensitive and careful with physical comedy and Jodie Foster's performance was dead on without becoming sloppy at all. Unfortunately, several of the plot points became close to cheesy, the volcano scenes had too much in the way of coincidental events, and the father's exploits teetered on unbelievable. Overall, though Nim's Island handled its material well, usually stayed within the bounds of acceptability in order to provide an entertaining, fun performance by Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin. Seven out of Ten Stars.