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Nim's Island on DVD (2008)

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Average rating: 68%
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3.5
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Starring: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Morgan Griffin, Peter Callan, Alphonso McAuley, Sean Keenan
Director: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
Studio: UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Run time: 92 mins
Certificate: U
Collections: 100 Hot Hits
Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Family
Languages: English
Released: 25/08/2008

Brief synopsis of Nim's Island

Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover--the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. 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.

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Tom Charity, LOVEFiLM
Another above average children's film from Walden Media, the company behind the Narnia films, The Water Horse and Bridge to Terabithia (not to mention The Seeker). Based on a novel by... read more »

Rating of 2 stars out of 5 Tom Huddleston, Time Out

Nim (Abigail Breslin) is an 11-year-old girl living with her scientist father (Gerard Butler) on a remote island in the... Read more on www.timeout.com

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Rated - 4 starsGreat watch-together family treat.

PaulaWestwood from Ashton-Under-Lyne [Highly rated reviewer] , 06/05/2008

Nims father is a research scientist who gets into a scrape leaving Nim stranded on the remote island they live on. Worried Nims contact with the outside world involves reading adventure books and using the internet. She decides in her predicament to enlist the help of what she presumes is a real adventurer fresh from the pages of her favourite book, only to find the hero, Alex, is in fact a character written by a clastrauphobic authoress (Jodie Foster), who has to battle her own fears of the great outdoors to help Nim. A remote island, an oceanographer father, a fictitious adventurer and a clasutrophobic writer, there are quite a few points of interest to this one. A great film to sit down and watch as a family, it will keep both your and your little ones interest, and is definately worth a watch.

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Rated - 2 starswot,s all the fuss about

A customer from leeds , 03/09/2008

sorry did,nt like this very much.............

  9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 5 starsNims Island Is The Best!

filmsaremypassion from hastings [Highly rated reviewer] , 23/06/2008

I saw this twice on my local cinamia and I totally loved it. Everything about Nims Island is amazing, the island is beautiful and the animals are cute especially Freddie the lizard. The pefomances are just right, Abigail Breslin is just perfect as Nim with her baby-face features and her good sense of humour. Jodie Foster is back after doing so many serious roles lately, she's just so funny as Alexandra Rover. But the one person that ruled this film was Gerard Butler with two roles as Jack and Alex Rover, he steams hot and I can see a lot going for him in the future. One of the best children films around, without doubt.

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Rated - 5 starsNims Island

A customer from Essex , 04/09/2008

Everything about Nims Island is amazing, the island is beautiful and the animals are cute. The performances are just right, Jodie Foster is back after doing so many serious roles lately, she's just so funny as Alexandra Rover. One of the best children films around, without doubt.

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Rated - 5 starsNims Island Is The Best!

filmsaremypassion from hastings [Highly rated reviewer] , 23/06/2008

I saw this twice on my local cinamia and I totally loved it. Everything about Nims Island is amazing, the island is beautiful and the animals are cute especially Freddie the lizard. The pefomances are just right, Abigail Breslin is just perfect as Nim with her baby-face features and her good sense of humour. Jodie Foster is back after doing so many serious roles lately, she's just so funny as Alexandra Rover. But the one person that ruled this film was Gerard Butler with two roles as Jack and Alex Rover, he steams hot and I can see a lot going for him in the future. One of the best children films around, without doubt.

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Rated - 2 starswot,s all the fuss about

A customer from leeds , 03/09/2008

sorry did,nt like this very much.............

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