Nim's Island (2008)

Directed by

Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, teen film, family film

Country

Australia, United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 1,200 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl living alone on a remote island with her scientist father must survive when he goes missing. She reaches out for help to a reclusive author who writes adventure stories. Together the girl and the author face their fears to find each other.

lightheartedwhimsicalgentlehopefuladventuroustenderquirkyfeel-good

What happens

Nim's Island is a 2008 adventure film written and directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin, and based on the children's story of the same name by Wendy Orr. In the film, a young girl alone on a remote island seeks help from an agoraphobic San Franciscan author. While the author attempts to overcome her agoraphobia to search for her, Nim tries to overcome her fear of losing her father. It stars Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler, and was released on 4 April 2008 by 20th Century Fox under the "Fox-Walden" joint-venture. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances, morals and production values, but criticized the characters, storyline, tone and product placement, though it has earned $100.1 million on a $37 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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