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Nim's Island (2008) -- This is the second theatrical trailer for Nim's Island, directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin.
Nim's Island (2008) -- Clip: Death by firefly
Nim's Island (2008) -- Behind The Scenes: Dancing With A Sea Lion
Nim's Island (2008) -- Interview: Jodie Foster "On the similarities of Nim and Alexandra"
Nim's Island (2008) -- Jodie Foster has a new role that's lighter than her recent adult fare, "Nim's Island," a comedy adventure for kids. She speaks with Harry Smith.

Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   7,929 votes
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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
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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(35 articles)
134 New Names Invited to Join the Academy
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 1 July 2009, 1:08 AM, PDT)

Box Office Continues to Beat 2008 Numbers
 (From Get The Big Picture. 8 April 2009, 12:54 AM, PDT)

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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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for mild adventure action and brief language.
Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS
Certification:
Australia:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | 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
Company:
Walden Media more

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Trivia:
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: Nobody invades my island and gets away with it. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Getaway: (#17.9)" (2008) more

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19 out of 33 people found the following comment useful:-
Bland, 10 April 2008
5/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

My friends and I decided to see Nim's Island tonite, I work at a theater and have walked in on a couple parts and it looked cute, so I figured it might be a fun watch. Honestly, Nim's Island is a good family film, decent enough for a watch, but I'm a little disappointed with what I was expecting. Just I think the ideas are a little beyond out there and I don't think this is the type of film that is going to keep a lot of kid's attention. It's just not memorable, it has it's cute moments here and there, now Abigail Breslin pulls in a decent enough performance to make the film watchable, but again, like her last film Definitely Maybe, it seems like she's getting the star's bug, which worries me because she has so much potential and her performances she doesn't seem to care too much since her Oscar nomination. But it's Jodie Foster's performance that majorly disappointed me, it was too forced and made the story more ridicules that what it already was.

Nim is a little girl who lives on an island with her dad who is an adventurer. Now they have not told anyone where they are and their living place, good idea if they need help, right? Well, her dad goes on a research assignment, and gets hit by a nasty storm stranding him in the middle of no where. When Nim gets an E-Mail from famous author, Alex Rover, who she thinks is a real life hero, Alex wants answers about volcano's for her next book, but Nim wants help since she's alone on the island and her dad hasn't returned. Alex has one problem, she's agoraphobic, but gets the strength to go on an adventure and help Nim out with the help of her famous character Alex Rover to get through this Indiana Jones ordeal.

Nim's Island is a cute movie, I would never ever say in a million years that this is a bad movie, because it is worth a look. Just I would recommend that you wait for the rental, this is not the Horton Hears a Who of the year, it's a movie that is forgettable unfortunately, it just needed more help with the script and the actors needed to bring it a little more down to Earth since the story is supposed to be fairy tale like, you'll see what I mean if you see this movie. But like I said, wait for the rental, it's a nice family film, but isn't the best movie of Spring 2008.

5/10

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