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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.
When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island. — Anonymous.
Nim's Island. Imagination and reality collide when young Nim's father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim's father.
- (37K)
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
- 2008-04-04
Apr 4, 2008 · Levin and Flackett’s vibrant pop-up book intro sequence promises fairy-tale charm, but the only wonder eventually elicited by Nim’s Island—a film in which people on a remote, anonymous island are somehow in possession of high-speed Internet service—is of a mystified variety.
Apr 7, 2008 · Nim’s Island, adapted from Wendy Orr’s YA nove l, is a vehicle to showcase current It-Girl child actor Abigail Breslin. It’s a light diversion for the tweener set, especially for girls who are tired of school-centered dramas or parents who’ve had enough of fantasy novels rendered into film.
Apr 4, 2008 · Nim Rusoe lives on a magical island with a sea lion, a lizard and a pelican for friends. When her father disappears, Nim turns for help to Alexandra Rover, the agoraphobic author of her favorite...
In Nim’s imagination, Alex Rover fights off several kidnappers while blindfolded. The movie begins with Nim telling the story of her oceanographer mother who was swallowed by a whale. The scene is illustrated with colorful children’s book animations.
