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DVD : Nim's Island
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Nim's Island starring: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler List Price: £19.99 CD-Charts Price: £4.98 You Save: £15.01 (75%)Prices subject to change. |
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Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all Binding: DVD EAN: 5050582552867 Format: PAL Label: Universal Pictures UK Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK Publisher: Universal Pictures UK Region Code: 2 Release Date: August 25, 2008 Studio: Universal Pictures UK Sales Rank: 1079 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Nim's Island proves adventure doesn't always begin with pirates on the high seas or explorers deep in the desert; sometimes it starts with an idyllic life on a private island in the middle of the South Asiatic Sea. For 11-year old Nim (Abigail Breslin) and her father and microbiologist Jack Russo (Gerard Butler), life is perfect thanks to their love of nature, Jack's mechanical ingenuity, and regular deliveries via supply ship. Loneliness is never an issue for Nim because of her special friendships with Selkie the sea lion, Galileo the pelican, and Freddie the iguana and her education is intensive, if rather unique. Adventure and imagination are ways of life for Nim whether she's heading out to sea to help her father collect plankton specimens, playing soccer on the beach with Selkie, or delving into the latest Alex Rover adventure novel, but everything changes when Jack departs on the boat for a two-night expedition to collect plankton specimens and gets caught in an unexpected storm. Alone on the island, Nim begins to worry about her father's safety as well as her own and, through a chance email, connects with Alex Rover (Jodie Foster) whom she begs to come help find her father. Problem is, author Alexandra Rover is an unbalanced big city shut-in who's afraid to leave her townhouse, not the fearless adventure hero portrayed in her books.Nim, Alexandra, and Jack embark upon the adventures of a lifetime in which each must overcome his or her own fears and perceived powerlessness and limitations in order to grow and help one another. The question is; can each prevail against his or her own insecurities and the fury of nature? Based on the novel Nim's Island by Wendy Orr, Nim's Island is first and foremost a captivating adventure full of suspense and peril which also offers a touching look at the love between a father and daughter. (Ages 7 and older) --Tami Horiuchi Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - A delicious no-sense storyFive stars for this type of movies: a delicious "for family" no-sense story, with an "mistery" island (with solar lights, personal computers and satellite phone ....) a couple of "daddy and daughter" (a strange sea-scientist and a Dr Dolittle-like child), some "domestic" animals and two "hero": a "book character" immmaginary hero, and a "real" writer hero with her's phobies, that start a "rescue" self-life-threatening journey from USA to the Pacific Island. A good plot, good action scenes and a good ending for a "fabulous" story. A story for kids or for adults "kids inside". Not a masterpiece for the Oscar's Night. Rating:  - Not badThe film started with an interesting plot... Nim and her father are living alone on an island when one day her father takes a trip out on his boat and gets lost at sea. Nim asks for help by emailing her favourite author Alex Rover (Jodie Foster). Alex Rover who is scared of everything sets out to save the day with the help of her favourite self-imagined adventure character. This was executed well and acted brilliantly by Jodie Foster. What lets the film down though is the way the ending seems rushed, the father returns too quickly at the end. The film focuses only on the journey and not at all on the destination. It would have been nice for Alex and Nim to have some sort of adventure together and explore that ... Read More: Rating: - Good movie for kidsNim (Abigail Breslin) lives with her scientist father (Gerard Butler) on their own tropical island. They have all the modern conveniences and are devoted to one another. One day, Dad gets lost at sea and Nim starts an email correspondence with Alex Rover (Jodie Foster), the neurotic, agoraphobic author of Nim's favorite adventure novels. Despite her fears, Alex vows to come to Nim's island to help the little girl. If I were eight years old, I'd have loved with this movie; it's all about girl power and father-daughter love. But I'm not eight, and I found the movie way too precious and utterly boring. Foster had a few cute scenes as the phobic hermit, but seemed wrong for the part, Butler is eye-candy for the ladies but phoned in his ... Read More: Rating:  - Heroic JourneysNim (Abigail Breslin) lives with her father Jack (Gerard Butler) on an isolated island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They've lived there since discovering it on one of their around the world cruises after Nim's mother died. Even though they are alone, they aren't lonely. Nim has made friends with several of the island's animals. They have tons of books. Somehow, they have the internet (that's never explained). And every few months a ship comes by and drops off supplies, including the latest Alex Rover novel. Jack is a marine biologist always on the trail of a new species of microorganism. When he gets a lead, he takes off for two days. Nim insists she stay behind since her sea turtles eggs are about to hatch. Two days turns into ... Read More: Rating: - Home Alone - Island styleNim Rusoe: "Nobody invades my island and gets away with it." Short Attention Span Summary (SASS): 1. No man is an island, but Jack Rusoe (Gerard Butler) finds an island for himself and his daughter Nim (Abigail Breslin) 2. They're not exactly "Lost" but they'd rather no-one knew where they are 3. Plankton hunting on the high seas can be rather dangerous 4. Nim plays "Home Alone" when intruders arrive at the island 5. Animal co-stars do most of the work 6. Alex Rover is an Indiana Jones-type fictional action hero 7. Alexandra Rover (Jodie Foster) isn't 8. An exchange of e-mails brings Alex and Nim together, and getting there is more than half the fun 9. Lame and predictable ... Read More: |
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