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Directors:
Writers (WGA):
Joseph Kwong (screenplay) &
Paula Mazur (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
4 April 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
Be the hero of your own story. more
Plot:
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(42 articles)
Is Gerard Butler a lover or a fighter?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 8 September 2009, 6:00 AM, PDT)
Mel Gibon to play with Jodie Foster's 'Beaver'
(From screeninglog. 10 July 2009, 1:02 PM, PDT)
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Think Like A Kid And This Will Be Tolerable & Fun more (94 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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Rated PG for mild adventure action and brief language.
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96 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS
Certification:
Australia:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Malaysia:U | USA:PG (certificate #43560) | Ireland:PG | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:All | UK:U | Taiwan:GP | Hong Kong:I | Finland:K-7 | Mexico:A | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/6 | Sweden:7 | Norway:7 | New Zealand:PG | Peru:PT | Brazil:Livre
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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. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Alex takes a small plane to Rarotonga. The island of Rarotonga has an airport that can land a 747. There are direct flights from Hawaii and New Zealand. The only small airplane flights are to/from smaller neighboring islands. more
Quotes:
Nim Rusoe: [to Alexandra] You came here all the way from San Fransisco and you don't know how to do anything. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Nim's Island, Our World: A Reel Thinking Event (2008) (TV) more
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Is this movie based on a book?How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
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Silly? Yes. Predictable? Yes. For Kids? Yes. Entertaining? Yes.....even for adults, IF you don't take anything seriously and expect something a little dumb but charming.nonetheless. Picture yourself as a kid watching a movie and you'll enjoy it a lot more, because it's definitely a children's film. It also has an involving story. Once it starts you have to stick around and see how it winds up. With some movies, I could care less but this one, I cared.
For those who have kids age 5-12, this is highly recommended. For adults, well, it's not bad. If you're looking for "clean" entertainment, you found it. It's not goody-goody, either, and it's not always a smart family movie (a father leaving his kid all alone for several days?) but it's a nice movie, has funny animal characters, a lead kid who is not a brat, nice island scenery, one big-name actress (Jodie Foster) and is a diversion for an hour-and-a-half.
The little dragon "Fred" is the best of the non-humans. I don't know if that's the real noise that lizard makes, but it's fun to hear. Seals are always entertaining, too. The one in this film is very talented.
As for the humans, Abigail Breslin as "Nim Rusoe" is a cute, likable kid. Gerard Butler plays both male leads and does them well enough that you forget he's doing two characters. Seeing Foster do slapstick while being a female "Mr. Monk" was a little odd but, I'm not going to knock her for trying.
As another reviewer said here, put yourself in a little kid's shoes and enjoy the film.