Nim's Island

Nim's Island: Rated G for Glorious

Who could resist Jodie Foster as an agoraphobic adventure writer, or Gerard Butler as her swashbuckling protagonist or Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") as the eponymous Nim, who finds herself home alone on an island of indeterminate longitude and latitude?

Certainly not The Movie Slut.

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Nim's Island

I've been reading reviews of this film in The Star and I keep wondering why don't people just read my blog instead. The reviews in the paper never talks about the film whether it's good or not.. it just babbles on like an advertorial.



Truth is Nim's Island stinks. It totally grated my sense of taste and considering I spent the whole night on a Power Rangers marathon, Nim's Island was the cherry on top of my horrible Monday.



Nim's Island is about 11 year old Nim played by Abigail Breslin who lives on an isolated island with her scientist father played by Gerard Butler. Nim lives a life of fantasy through the books of a famous author, Alexandra played by Jodie Foster. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra.



From the get go this film is pure rubbish with loads of false advertising. Take the poster for example


You see that kids? That's a pirate ship. When I saw that I thought, "Great, a nice little pirate fantasy film." But I never got that. Instead, what I did get was cruise vessel filled with overweight Europeans, who are going to "invade" Nim's island.



Abigail Breslin is totally annoying in the film. Matter of fact, she's annoying in every movie. The fact that a good hour is just on her being a kid playing on the island by herself was really really boring. No seriously, this girl was alone throughout the whole film and when she finally gets company in the form of the great Jodie Foster, what does this little bitch do? She turns into a little whiny kid.



It's nice seeing Jodie Foster play light character for once. Everything I've seen her in either has her depressed, really scared or courting the king of Siam. She plays a female version of Monk in Nim's Island. And it's really funny watching her bumbling her way through the movie what with her antibacterial wipes and all.



And what the hell is up with this Indiana Jones version of Gerard Butler. He served absolutely no purpose other than Jodie Foster's imaginary friend. He comes into the film for about 5 minutes and he's gone. And that accent he had. What the hell was that? I think he offended the French and the Spanish at the same time doing that accent.



And have I told you how weird this island is? In Nim's island, lizards squawk like parrots, seals fart, and volcanoes erupt all of a sudden but conveniently stops just in time for the stupid family ending. Plus, apparently no one can find where this remote island is but there they have Apple Macs with Internet connections faster than my own computer.



I don't think even kid would enjoy this piece of shit. Stay away from Nim's Island like it was SARS and go watch some Lost instead.

RATING: 3/10

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NicholasC

Nim's Island

Plot:A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
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The short synopsis above is true enough.  What follows is a fast-paced yet sweet story of a young girl and her desperate, sometimes funny, attempts to save her beloved island and namesake.
 
Nim's father is lost at sea while Nim manages to contact the author of her favorite action hero book.
 
Said author of Nim's heroic dreams, played by Jodie Foster, turns out to be a reclusive writer with a full-blown fear of the outdoors.  Nim's pleas for help spur the author to find Nim's island and help the young girl in her time of need.
 
The movie takes on two story lines.  One has young Nim trying to scare off tourists and other riff-raff who would besmirch her paradise.
 
The other story line is the story of the frightened and mildly obsessed Jodie Foster character, Alexandra Rover, as she makes her way across the planet to find Nim's island and help Nim with the invaders and help her find her father.
 
There's also a hint of a love story as Nim's father finally is rescued, by a pelican no less.
 
This is a fun movie very suitable for little kids.  Kaitlyn Mae, at a tender age of four years, sat through the entire hour and a half, mostly quietly and happily.