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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 16, 2009
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler & Abigail Breslin | |
Directed by | Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin | |
Screenwriting by | Paula Mazur, Joseph Kwong, Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin | |
Composition by | Patrick Doyle | |
Produced by | Paula Mazur | |
Director of Photography: | Stuart Dryburgh |
Entertainment Reviews:
As played by Abigail Breslin with her trademark youthful intelligence, Nim is endearing, enthusiastic, resourceful and imaginative.
USA Today
3 stars out of 5 -- Imaginative sequences like animation and animal antics pepper the already complex story with visions of fantasy, making NIM'S ISLAND a thorough entertainment experience.
Ultimate DVD
3 stars out of 5 -- [T]his three-pronged adventure story, set largely on a remote island in the South Pacific, is pacy, pretty and generally good fun.
Empire
Rating: B+ --
If you have a child, Nim's Island is the kind of film you won't be sorry you shared with him or especially her, and if you don't have a youngster, you'll wish you did.
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Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
This film wants to be cute but is instead nauseatingly twee, and features what is by a great distance the weakest performance of Foster's career.
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Financial Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Nim's Island is a win-win proposition: an entertaining, diverting adventure saga that offers excitement and a relatable heroine for children, and also will remind their parents of favorite classics from their own youth.
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USA Today
Rating: 3/5 --
a nice choice for family movie night if you have kids who haven't yet reached their teens
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7M Pictures
Product Description:
Based on the popular children's novel of the same name by Wendy Orr, NIM'S ISLAND follows the adventures of Nim Rusoe (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE's Abigail Breslin), a spirited young girl who lives on a remote island with her scientist dad, Jack (300's Gerard Butler), and a host of animal companions, including an iguana, a sea lion, and a sea turtle. Nim's idyllic life gets shaken up, however, when her father goes missing while on an ocean outing. Seeking help to find Jack, Nim contacts her favorite literary hero, explorer Alex Rover (also played by Butler), who, in reality, is uptight--and distinctly unadventurous--author Alexa Rover (Jodie Foster). Against her better judgment, Alexa journeys to Nim's faraway home, setting a series of thrilling and funny moments in motion.
Directed and written (in part) by the husband/wife team of Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett, NIM'S ISLAND revels in its fanciful premise, never getting hung up on its unrealistic plot points. (E-mail on an extremely secluded island') While Breslin and Butler are charming, the real revelation is witnessing the oft-serious Foster ham it up in a role requires plenty of slapstick, fish-out-of-water moments. Although teens might roll their eyes at NIM'S unapologetically sugary scenes, younger children will enjoy the giddy mood present of the ISLAND.
Directed and written (in part) by the husband/wife team of Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett, NIM'S ISLAND revels in its fanciful premise, never getting hung up on its unrealistic plot points. (E-mail on an extremely secluded island') While Breslin and Butler are charming, the real revelation is witnessing the oft-serious Foster ham it up in a role requires plenty of slapstick, fish-out-of-water moments. Although teens might roll their eyes at NIM'S unapologetically sugary scenes, younger children will enjoy the giddy mood present of the ISLAND.
Description by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
Nim Rusoe (Breslin) lives on a deserted island with her scientist father Jack (Butler) and her best friends: Selkie, a sea lion; Fred, a bearded dragon lizard and Galileo, a plucky pelican. But when Jack goes missing at sea and the island is "invaded," Nim reaches out via e-mail to the adventurous author of her favorite books (Foster), and together, each discovers what it takes to truly become the hero of your own life story.
Keywords:
Action
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Adventure
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Fantasy
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Kids Adventure
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Based On A Novel
Product Info
- UPC: 024543527527
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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