But Nim's father cannot answer because
he has disappeared, lost at sea on a
scientific expedition. Left to fend for
herself, Nim begs Alexandra for help,
prompting the reclusive author to
reluctantly fly halfway around the world
to rescue her.
"Nim's Island" is based on the popular children's book by Wendy Orr and produced by Walden Media, the family-friendly company behind such films as "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "Bridge to Terabithia." The film is chock full of the sorts of perils that occur only in kids' adventure films: exploding volcanoes, ravenous sharks, violent hurricanes, shipwrecks at sea, etc. The cherubic Breslin, who gets first billing here, continues to impress. Unfortunately, while Foster is an astonishing dramatic actor, she is a lousy comedian. Her Alexandra, a bundle of neurosis, is rarely funny.
Directors Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett make Nim so resourceful and self-sufficient that she is the one who should be rescuing the adults, not the other way around. "Be the hero of your own story," writes Alexandra in the novels Nim loves so much. It is advice Nim takes valiantly to heart, to the advantage of her secluded paradise and the disadvantage of the plot. By the time Alexandra comes to Nim's rescue, the child already has things well in hand.
What begins as a one-woman rescue operation becomes, instead, an exotic journey of self discovery for a hermit who has lived only through the characters about whom she writes.
"Nim's Island" is based on the popular children's book by Wendy Orr and produced by Walden Media, the family-friendly company behind such films as "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "Bridge to Terabithia." The film is chock full of the sorts of perils that occur only in kids' adventure films: exploding volcanoes, ravenous sharks, violent hurricanes, shipwrecks at sea, etc. The cherubic Breslin, who gets first billing here, continues to impress. Unfortunately, while Foster is an astonishing dramatic actor, she is a lousy comedian. Her Alexandra, a bundle of neurosis, is rarely funny.
Directors Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett make Nim so resourceful and self-sufficient that she is the one who should be rescuing the adults, not the other way around. "Be the hero of your own story," writes Alexandra in the novels Nim loves so much. It is advice Nim takes valiantly to heart, to the advantage of her secluded paradise and the disadvantage of the plot. By the time Alexandra comes to Nim's rescue, the child already has things well in hand.
What begins as a one-woman rescue operation becomes, instead, an exotic journey of self discovery for a hermit who has lived only through the characters about whom she writes.
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