A Review on "Nim's Island"

Movie: Nim's Island
Age: 4 & up
Rating:PG


Nim's Island was a very cute movie. It has one of my favorite actresses in it, Jodie Foster. Here is my review.

Nim's Island

Nim's Island is about a 11 year old girl named Nim who lives on a hidden island with her dad, Jack Rusoe. Her father, a widower, is a Marine Biologist, studying the life of plankton. When he leaves her on the island for 2 days to go discover a new species, she gets a e-mail from her favorite writer, Alex Rover, asking about the local, dormant volcano. Nim is thrilled and amazed that the arabian adventurer Alex Rover s writing her.
During one of her adventures, she gets a 5 inch long cut down her leg. She writes to Alex, telling him of her cut that is swelling rapidly. It been 4 days, her father has still not returned. To make matters worse someone has discovered her island and is trying to make it a vacation site. With her dad missing, vacationers taking over the beach, and a gash that is not healing, Nim tries desperately to keep things in order. Luckily to her delight adventurous and heroic Alex Rover is coming to help, but is she ready to find out who the real Alex Rover is? Find out in Nim's Island.



The positive - Even though Nim's father does leave her on the island alone, he has pure, loving intentions toward his daughter, and is always thinking of her.
Nim is very devoted to her island and to her father.


The negative - Nim's father leaves his 11 year old daughter on the island alone, Nim does some pretty bad thing to the tourist on the island, such as knocking boulders off a cliff and throwing lizards at them.
There are a few words that might be "bad" words, but are not swear words.
Along with the vacationers come some Hula dancers, they are on a beach and a few of them are wearing inappropriate clothing, though it is not shown excessively.