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Nim's Island

Nim's Island

Adventure · Comedy · Family · 2008

A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.

Movie details

Nim's Island

“Be the hero of your own story.”

2008 Adventure · Comedy · Family 1h 36m

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jennifer Flackett · Mark Levin

Written by

Paula Mazur · Joseph Kwong · Jennifer Flackett · Mark Levin

Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin

Nim Rusoe

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

Alexandra Rover

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler

Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover

Michael Carman

Michael Carman

Captain

M

Maddison Joyce

Edmund

Christopher James Baker

Christopher James Baker

Ensign

Rhonda Doyle

Rhonda Doyle

Edmund's Mother

Court is in session

Put Nim's Island on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.