The Last Mimzy

Mimzy - My girlfriend from the future is an American science fiction family film from the year 2007, the film adaptation loosely based on the short story Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett, a joint pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and CL Moore..

Action

In the future, humanity is on the verge of extinction. Fear and isolation have poisoned the human soul, so that a brilliant scientist sees this as the only salvation, Mimzys to send into the past in order to identify a pure human soul.

How to find the siblings Noah and Emma Wilder on the beach their summer house in Whitby a box in the water. It contains a glowing crystal. They hide their treasure in front of the mother at night and discover that more was in the box: Some stones that Emma can levitate, and a soft toy rabbit that Emma called Mimzy. Gradually, Noah and Emma are getting smarter and develop different skills such as super-hearing, super view, telepathy, telekinesis and teleportation. Noah's teacher Larry White discovered in class that the boy mandalas, Buddhist characters, scribbling in his notebook. Noah also gains an unexpected research project, the manipulation of spiders when weaving their networks by ultrasound, the first prize.

The parents begin to doubt how suddenly such a genius could be of average children. Meanwhile, get the two siblings afraid that them things get out of control when Noah suddenly crystal ensures a nationwide power outage. This means that Special Agent Nathaniel Broadman was approached by the FBI to investigate this incident because of suspicion of terrorism.

As White and his girlfriend Naomi Schwartz at the Wilders appears to them to convince them that their children were specially gifted children, the Wilder must find out for themselves that their children have supernatural abilities. Jo Wilder, the mother, then throw all the stones and the Mimzy into the dustbin. Noah saves everything and are Mimzy secretly Emma back, so they can look into the future to see what will happen, if they will not appear on time. The FBI has a fantastic her house, all arrests and interrogated them to find out whether they constitute a national threat. Emma shows with Mimzys help their supernatural powers, so that the FBI investigators away from her Mimzy and discover the advanced Intel technology. Mimzy tells, by means of telepathy about Emma that not much time left to save humanity in the future, because the individual utensils, Mimzy included, dissolve already. But the FBI does not believe the Wilders, so they lock them up again.

So Noah and Emma steal using their skills and a van of it to go to Whitby. There, they know, are the last stones that are necessary for Mimzys return in the future. With the help of telepathically summoned Whites they make it in time to their summer house and build the device to return to Mimzy. In the future arrived, the scientists can finally use the DNA of a pure human soul to save mankind.

Criticism

" An exciting children's and family film as emotional ," only this time the good breaks in their own future ET " Paraphrase, because there important values ​​and feelings that are absent. In his critical approaches somewhat diffuse and pathetic, the film nevertheless maintains excellent and gives also some thoughtful approaches. "

"The idea that children can save the future of humanity, because they have not been guilty, could well carry a story. And the two child actors Rhiannon Leigh Wryn and Chris O'Neil play amazingly well their tires on this task. Man rooting for them with, feels Emma's love for Mimzy, Noah follows brainwaves. But the film wants too much at once. The director follows his narrative thread not consistently, because the film is overloaded with individual stories and important points remain vague. Too bad. "

" Children's dreams are a valuable asset that must be protected -. Then is the message of this no-frills family film "

" Quirky, in parts not quite fitting adaptation of Lewis Padgett's 1943 published science fiction story that New Line leader Robert Shaye has set with a lot of love in the scene. Noted (...) applies the negative intrusive Intel product placement -. But that should be plenty for the kids do not care "

"When you're six years old, one must marvel here excited, but when one is already five times six years old, sometimes you have to grin only sour. "

Synchronization

Synchronous Company: Interopa Film GmbH, Berlin

Film Music

The film score was composed by Howard Shore. The title song Hello ( I Love You ) was sung by former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters. Roger Waters commented: "I think that together we wrote a song that captures the theme of the film - The conflict between the best and the worst instincts of humanity, and how the innocence of a child, this can compensate for everything."

The soundtrack includes the following titles:

Awards and nominations

  • Two nominations at the Saturn Awards 2007 ( Best Science Fiction Film, Best Promising Actor )
  • Four nominations at the Young Artist Awards 2008 ( Best Family Film - Comedy or Drama, Best Actor in a Feature Film, Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film - Ten years or younger, Best Cast in a Motion Picture )
2007 in film Screenplay Bruce Joel Rubin Toby Emmerich Michael Phillips (producer) J. Michael Muro Alan Heim C. L. Moore Buddhism Berliner Zeitung Tilo Schmitz Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film
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