The Last Mimzy
Release Date: March 23, 2007
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: Bob Shaye
Screenwriter: Bruce Joel Rubin, Toby Emmerich
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Joely Richardson, Rainn Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Chris O'Neil
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG (for some thematic elements, mild peril and language)
Official Website: Mimzy.com
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$70.40M |
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$36.10M |
$118.00M |
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$38.10M |
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$5.88M |
$84.40M |
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$4.25M |
$27.60M |
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$26.50M |
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$9.45M |
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$33.70M |
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$1.79M |
$55.40M |
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Based on the acclaimed sci-fi short story by Lewis Padgett, The Last Mimzy tells
the story of two children who discover a mysterious box that contains some
strange devices they think are toys. As the children play with these “toys,” they begin to display higher and higher intelligence levels. Their teacher reports to their parents that they seem to be growing beyond genius. Their parents, too, realize something extraordinary is happening. Emma, the younger of the two, tells her confused mother that one of the toys, a stuffed toy rabbit, is apparently called Mimzy and that “she
teaches me things.”
Emma’s mom becomes increasingly concerned, when suddenly a blackout shuts down the city. The government traces the source of the power surge to the family’s house. Things quickly spin wildly out of control. The children are focused on these strange objects, Mimzy, and the important mission on which they seem to have been sent. When the little girl says that Mimzy contains a most serious message from the future, a scientific scan shows that Mimzy is part extremely high level electronics, and part organic! Everyone realizes that they are involved in something incredible…but
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New Age-y "E.T." of
a family-oriented sci-fi fantasy.
Michael Rechtshaffen
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"A reasonably engaging movie filled with fun visual effects
and an appealing tone reminiscent of a certain Spielberg movie about
an out-of-his-element extraterrestrial."
Kids
will like "Mimzy" if for no other reason than it
doesn't talk down to them.
John Anderson
VARIETY
A curious bandersnatch of a movie, "The Last Mimzy" is
destined to attract attention because of its director -- New Line
Cinema's founder, co-CEO and co-chairman Bob Shaye, who has returned
to filmmaking for the first time since 1990's "Book of Love." It
may also attract a solid kid aud, thanks to recognizable stars
and the magic-driven, new-agey theme of imperiled humanity rescued
by children. However, awkward cinematography and a lack of long
shots give the film a claustrophobic feel. Distribution is assured;
not so, perhaps, Shaye's triumphant return to the helmer's chair.
Sci-fi
drama in the early Steven Spielberg mode.
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Arriving with little fanfare or hype – there are no real
big names in it nor does it promise to be a special effects extravaganza
and then there’s title! – The Last Mimzy looks set
to be an understated sci-fi drama in the early Steven Spielberg
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind and E.T. mode. An ‘Eighties
movie for the 2000’s then? Anyway, there are so few movies
boasting proper science fiction credentials nowadays that anything
based on a sci-fi short story instead of a video game deserves
our immediate support...
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