Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Michelle Ridley The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Giuseppe Sirugo With the premise that the film would not see a second time, I recognize that I liked. On TV there is a well cared-for script: in the sense that, the details that would have weakened interest of the film, was meticulously written. Obviously the story taken from a novel by Wendy Orr: in the context is something unreal, that to get a follow-up and a final in harmony with the three main protagonists. The plot of the film could have been a tragedy. A shipwreck that would have to the rest of the life of a father and his daughter as a hermit. [...] However, as it happens in novels, the scientist and his daughter in a surreal way and electronically they have of a volcanoes-writer. So they can be saved, and find a new family love.

Prismark10 Nim (Abigail Breslin) is an eleven year old girl living in an island with her marine biologist father (Gerard Butler.)Nim's Island is a magical place ruled by her imagination with a pelican Galileo, lizard Fred, and Selke the sea lion.Her father leaves her alone in the island as he goes of to some research and gets lost at sea. Nim s writer Alexandra Rover (Jodie Foster) author of the Alex Rover adventure novels (also played by Gerard Butler) who is an agoraphobic, germaphobe recluse who has not left her house for years and must travel to this remote island to save Nim from impending buccaneers while having pep talks with the imaginary Alex Rover.Nim's Island is a strange film. Kids will enjoy the cute animals, low tech animation and adventures in a far away island. Adults might like the kooky humour but it really is a mixed bag. The main characters are apart for most of the film. It is strange to see Jodie Foster in something light and frothy although she does look uncomfortable in playing such a reclusive character being spurred on to breakout by the fictional Alex.

Python Hyena Nim's Island (2008): Dir: Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett / Cast: Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin, Gerard Butler, Maddison Joyce, Anthony Simcoe: Imaginative film about taking possession or losing it. Nim and her father, Jack live on an island paradise. When he becomes stranded at sea she e-mails a fictional hero named Alex Rover. The author is a paranoid female named Alexandra Rover whom is forced to answer the distress call. The ending is heartwarming but the production values are terrible. Directed by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett who counter the flimsy production with imaginative writing. Abigail Breslin as Nim is introduced without a mother, but brought up by her father to help sustain the island. She is imaginative and intelligent with several animal friends. Jodie Foster as Alexandra must overcome her paranoia to embark on an adventure where she conquers more than her fears. Gerard Butler plays duo roles including Nim's father Jack as well as Alexandra's fictional hero with humour in tact. Other roles are reduced to overacting although Maddison Joyce as a wandering tourist who discovers Nim is a steal. He is unfortunately punished for the belief of lying but then again, these tourist aren't very bright. Families are the target audience and children in particular will enjoy it most. Theme of parental role models accompanies the chaos. Score: 7 ½ / 10

jperrone-1 How anybody can call this movie bland and forgettable is beyond me. It is absolute magic. First of all, I think it is the funniest performance by Jodi Foster EVER. Her every line, her every delivery is so funny, she should win an award for this. Abigail is simply priceless and Gerard Butler is so perfect for kids' movies. I am 39, my son is 6 and my mother is 61, and we all love it. The music is outstanding, the visuals are amazing, the sound effects, the humor... so the lizard attack, and Nim accidentally setting off a volcano and looking at it and saying "whoa, did I do that?" is forgettable? Please. Enjoy this film. I know I always do.