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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
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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
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

Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   7,880 votes
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Director:
Robert Shaye
Writers (WGA):
Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay) and
Toby Emmerich (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 March 2007 (USA) more
Tagline:
The future is trying to tell us something. more
Plot:
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! full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
6 nominations more
User Comments:
imaginative entertainment with some trippy images and a very good, ET-style heart more

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
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for some thematic elements, mild peril and language.
Runtime:
USA:90 min | USA:96 min (HBO Print) | Germany:94 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

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Trivia:
The giant cockroaches that cover the surveillance camera lens at 71:47 on the DVD are not Computer Generated. Director Robert Shaye mentions in the commentary that the production employed three "cockroach wranglers" to handle the insects. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When the family is together having lunch, crew can be seen reflected in the glass door. more
Quotes:
Larry White: Look out! Because pollutants can change us. And not just chemical and biological ones, cultural ones as well. more
Soundtrack:
Hello (I Love You) more

FAQ

Does "Last Mimzy" have anything to do with Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There?
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27 out of 36 people found the following comment useful:-
imaginative entertainment with some trippy images and a very good, ET-style heart, 25 March 2007
7/10
Author: JackGattanella from United States

The Last Mimzy doesn't pander needlessly to its core audience, but at the same time it also has a good accomplishment in that it also has an appeal to adults, or at least those that have passed that age of adolescence and look back on childhood with levels of nostalgia and relief that it's over. It delights as well as gives special meaning to putting a level of belief in what is unknown at a time when the rest of the world relies on hard facts and rigid control of personality. It also puts ET to a certain test: can the little creature from another world that needs to get home kind of story hold up to quasi (actually precise) psychedelia? Pink Floyd shirts and Roger Waters aside, this may even have a secret appeal to stoners just as much as your little boy or girl at the movie theater, who will obviously see it in a different life, that of light, efficient irreverence and lots of neat special effects.

'Mimzy' tells the story of a boy and a girl, Noah and Emma, both at least under the age of 10 but old enough to be articulate enough as well as appropriately secretive in the fantasy they hold paramount, who come upon a strange rock from the ocean. In it lies a bunch of fragments, and, oddly enough, a stuffed, fluffy, cute bunny named Mimzy, who Emma takes as her most important possession. Noah meanwhile becomes transfixed with the new powers that soon come to him via these rocks: he can hear the smallest insect, and is transfixed by obscure designs. This strikes up the attention of his parents as well as his science teacher (Rainn Wilson), who also knows of the symbols Noah makes up. But after a power outage- it also happens to be a generator that Noah conjures- gets the attention of the government, not sure what exactly is going on. Emma has a problem, however, in that Mimzy, her closest confidant and "teacher" is dying and needs to get back home. That's the basic story, anyway, as there are little ins and outs as the story goes on, including a great product placement for Sprite, and a montage-free example of each child's new abilities.

Some of this may be a little preposterous, even goofy, but Bob Shaye and his team bypass the obvious but still perilous pit-falls for filmmakers investing themselves into children's movies. No truly stupid gags, nothing with bodily excretions, none of that really, and if anything the humor, of a little wild and over-the-top in variety (some of which I was laughing at alone while the other kids were silent), is innocent and sort of knowing of the split of imagination between children and adults. The two kids are also very good at playing their parts, with Wryn as Emma very adept at being vulnerable and smart, and O'Neil being almost too close to looking like the boy Elliot in ET, however not without his own strengths. Shaye sometimes lets his control slip in just simple things like cinematography or making a fitting enough ending (too many futuristic hippies me thinks), and the goofiness does teeter on becoming a little too much. But I responded more to how the power of taking a long repeated idea, of kids becoming changed by outside forces in a very real world, and there being a sort of little twist to it all. It's not just about making friends and gaining in some alien intelligence, but in figuring the significance of the future, however weird it might be. It's definitely the finest children's movie, non-animated, to come out so far in 2007. 7.5/10

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Spoilers please! What's all this about a rabbit? brucedgo
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It's based on a book, over 50 years ago.... knight0748
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Great potential, but INTEL ruined everything. valkor-1
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