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Overview
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Be the hero of your own story.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 (warning! may contain spoilers)User Comments:
Above Average Family Movie moreUS Showtimes:
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(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.Parents Guide:
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96 min | USA:95 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Netherlands:6 | Malaysia:U | Australia:PG | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | USA:PG (certificate #43560) | Ireland:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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Lulu Mickelson, the daughter of producer/screenwriter Paula Mazur, appears briefly in the airport scene as a passenger waiting in line at the security checkpoint. moreQuotes:
[last lines]Nim Rusoe: The writer, and the scientist. That's how their story began. How it ends, exactly? Nobody knows.
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Nim's Island manages to never to go over the top and combines a nice comedy drama genre for the big screen. This movie has elements from The Last Action Hero (1993), Jumping Jack Flash (1986), and The Whalerider (2002), all fascinating looks at either imaginary or fantastical friends or exotic islands and a young woman's connection with marine life. What this movie is able to avoid is Home Alone (1990) dumb slapstick comedy. The script was very sensitive and careful with physical comedy and Jodie Foster's performance was dead on without becoming sloppy at all. Unfortunately, several of the plot points became close to cheesy, the volcano scenes had too much in the way of coincidental events, and the father's exploits teetered on unbelievable. Overall, though Nim's Island handled its material well, usually stayed within the bounds of acceptability in order to provide an entertaining, fun performance by Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin. Seven out of Ten Stars.