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Nim's Island

Name: Nim's Island
Director: Jennifer Flackett
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2008-04-03
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Michael Carman, Maddison Joyce

2008 · 1h 36m · Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

IMDb 6.0 Metacritic 55 RT 51%

Skip it unless you've got restless kids who need entertaining—Nim's Island is a perfectly fine family adventure with charm to spare, but it's forgettable fluff that won't stick with you past bedtime. Save your evening for something with more bite.

Plot

A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.

Director: Jennifer Flackett

Cast: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Michael Carman, Maddison Joyce

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