An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
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Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
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Dir: Bob Shaye.
Cast: Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Chris O'Neil, Timothy Hutton, Joely Richardson
Description: Emma and her brother Noah discover a mysterious box, which contains what appear to be toys. The two children play with their new discoveries and their intelligence levels soar, to the amazement of their teachers. When the children's parents speak to them about the toys, Emma reports that her stuffed rabbit is called Mimzy and contains a most serious message from the future. When the city suffers a blackout and the source of the power surge is traced back to the children, their parents begin to worry that the toys are in fact extremely dangerous.
Country: US. 2007. 96mins
Miraculous powers: Chris O'Neil and Rhiannon Leigh Wryn in The Last Mimsy
Bob Shaye, whose chief claim to fame recently has been his blazing row with Peter Jackson over the finances of the last Lord of the Rings movie, returns to direction after more than a decade away with this children's film.
Based on the Lewis Padgett story Mimzy Were The Borogoves, the story follows two Seattle siblings, Emma and Noah (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn and Chris O'Neil) as they find a black box on the beach which contains a stuffed rabbit called Mimsy.
The clearly miraculous rabbit causes Emma to levitate and Noah to become a scientific genius.
But their new powers, which astonish their parents (Timothy Hutton and Joely Richardson), lead to the local homeland security official blaming them for a widespread electrical blackout.
The Last Mimzy is choppily made, as if several different hands got at the editing - and has two or three themes that aren't worked out properly. Perhaps it was trying for an up-to-date ET. One to set the kids in front of - and miss yourself.
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Just saw this on a long flight and found it charming. The story is intriguing and the circularity of the narrative not immediately apparent until the end. Special effects thankfully muted, and the childrens' acting delightful. The plotting and characterisation of the adults (apart from the teacher and his dotty transcendental girlfriend) is poor - their lack of interest in the kids bizarre, and the parts involving Homeland Security just ridiculous. However it was a fun and engrossing film - albeit in the setting of an airplane.
- Nick, Cambridge
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