The Last Mimzy (2007)

Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys. Soon the kids, their parents, and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine!

Director:

Robert Shaye

Writers:

Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay), Toby Emmerich (screenplay),

Stars:

Chris O'Neil, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris O'Neil	...	Noah Wilder
Rhiannon Leigh Wryn	...	Emma Wilder
Joely Richardson	...	Jo Wilder
Timothy Hutton	...	David Wilder
Rainn Wilson	...	Larry White
Kathryn Hahn	...	Naomi Schwartz
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Nathanial Broadman
Kirsten Williamson	...	Sheila Broadman
Irene Snow	...	Teacher in Meadow
Marc Musso	...	Harry
Nicole Muñoz	...	Kid with Braces
Scott E. Miller	...	School Guard (as Scott Miller)
Megan McKinnon	...	Wendy
Randi Lynne	...	Julie the Babysitter
Tom Heaton	...	Future Scientist

Storyline

The siblings Noah and Emma travel with their mother Jo from Seattle to the family cottage in Whidbey Island to spend a couple of days while their workaholic father David Wilder is working. They find a box of toys from the future in the water and bring it home, and Emma finds a stuffed rabbit called Mimzy, and stones and a weird object, but they hide their findings from their parents. Mimzy talks telepathically to Emma and the siblings develop special abilities, increasing their intelligences to the level of genius. Their father becomes very proud when Noah presents a magnificent design in the fair of science and technology, and his teacher Larry White and his mystic wife Naomi Schwartz become interested in the boy when he draws a mandala. When Noah accidentally assembles the objects and activates a powerful generator creating a blackout in the state, the FBI arrests the family trying to disclose the mystery. But Emma unravels the importance to send Mimzy back to the future.

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Plot Keywords:

toy | teacher | blackout | science | cottage | 

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Taglines:

The future is trying to tell us something.

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Genres:

Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some thematic elements, mild peril and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

23 March 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mimzy

Filming Locations:

Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£188,116 (UK) (30 March 2007)

Gross:

$21,460,590 (USA) (8 June 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Michael Phillips Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 96 min (HBO Print) 94 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the 2012 Savannah Film Festival, Robert Shaye held a Q&A session after a screening of the film. During the Q&A, he stated that he was not a fan of the film's title. He and other producers came up with a new title, "The Gifted", but it was too late in the production process to change it.

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Goofs

When the Wilders are going to Whidbey Island from Seattle the ferry is shown leaving downtown Seattle (at 06:30 on the DVD) where the only destinations are west going to Bremerton or Bainbridge Island. To take a ferry to Whidbey Island you need to drive 20 miles north to leave from Mukilteo. There is also a ferry from Port Townsend to Whidbey, but to take it the Wilders would have to take the Bainbridge Island ferry 7 miles, drive north 50 miles to Port Townsend, and take that ferry 5 miles east to Whidbey.

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Quotes

Naomi Schwartz: What are you doing? We're talking about miracles here! The whole Universe is trying to communicate with you, and you're worried about something as earth-bound as kidnapping? God I love you, but you drive me crazy!

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Connections

Features Fight Night Round 3 (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Hello (I Love You)"
Performed by Roger Waters
Written by Roger Waters and Howard Shore
Produced by Roger Waters, James Guthrie and Howard Shore
Roger Waters appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Special vocal appearance by Rhiannon Leigh Wryn

User Reviews

A Great Family Film

There are not many movies you can take the whole family to see these days. Our ten year old son really wanted to see The Last Mimzy so we went to a sneak screening last Saturday night. I was very pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed the film as much as I did. My wife liked it even better. Our two other kids (daughter 12, youngest son 7) along with our son had a great time.

Kids will really be able to identify with the brother and sister in the movie. They seemed very real. The kids' lives at school and their relationships with their parents and teacher seemed true. This is a story about a regular family with all the ups and downs of everyday regular life.

Then, the story takes off. I don't want to give away anything about the plot because the surprises that gently unfold are what you and your family will enjoy about the movie. There are elements of science fiction and fantasy with nothing extremely intense to scare the kids. It's an interesting story told well with characters you care about. The visual effects are well done.

I liked that the movie does not talk down to kids to get its ideas across. My wife and I also liked that the language and situations were truly appropriate for a family film. My kids all want to see the movie again and the movie is definitely good enough to see a second time.