Synopsis
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
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Cast
- Abigail BreslinNim Rusoe
- Jodie FosterAlexandra Rover
- Gerard ButlerJack Rusoe / Alex Rover
- Michael CarmanCaptain
- Maddison JoyceEdmund
- Christopher James BakerEnsign
- Rhonda DoyleEdmund's Mother
- Bryan ProbetsAustralian Tourist #1
- Jay Laga'aiaHelicopter Pilot
- Mark BradyPurser
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Tribune
For all its limitations, the film still looks terrific. Flawless CGI and forays into animation keep things visually lively, and Nim’s enviable life is likely to hook kids into the story early and keep them entranced. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Some nice scenery, an unexpectedly funny performance by Jodie Foster and a unflaggingly spunky Abigail Breslin make for above average family entertainment. - 70
Washington Post
Even as the derivative roots of Nim's Island are clearly visible, kids will no doubt vicariously enjoy Nim's adventures and Edenic existence. And how refreshing, for once, to see a girl embark on derring-do that, in Nim's own words, makes her the hero of her own story. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
This family comedy adventure from Walden Media is likable in a scruffy way. Its characters, especially the youngest one, are engaging, and few adults are immune to childhood fantasies about secluded tropical isles. - 63
Charlotte Observer
If you're an elementary schooler or someone who finds Gerard Butler irresistible even when fully clothed, Nim's Island may be a treat to watch. If not, it's likelier to be a chore. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Breslin, so memorable in "Little Miss Sunshine," suffers the most. Skilled and reactive with humans, she doesn't quite muster the same engagement with her finned and flippered costars here. - 60
L.A. Weekly
Despite its formula and flaws (chief among them Foster’s sitcom-campy performance), Nim’s Island is a perfectly pleasant, agreeably innocuous ’tweener adventure film. - 50
The A.V. Club
Directors Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin deliver some eye-catching fantasy sequences in the early scenes, but the film grows more mundane and the tone more uneven as it goes on.
