"The Last Mimzy"

7/23/2008

We're starting pretty random here, so I'll just get on with it. I just returned the movie, "The Last Mimzy". This is one of those family movies with a fantasy/sci-fi theme about two misfit kids that find a strange box filled with strange objects and toys. And no, not their father's gift to their mother from the Adam and Eve catalogue.

This is a strange box sent from the future by a scientist trying to save the human race. Apparently pollution from chemicals and such have taken their toll on us in the future and have muddled our DNA so badly that we're dying out. So this scientist sends this box to the past, of which this is the last they can send, to try to collect the information they need to save our future.

One of the objects is a stuffed bunny, that the little girl names "Mimzy". It seems to talk to her and tells her stuff. And the geode rocks seem to levitate and swirl at her command. Then her brother can hear the sounds of the Universe and sees hyper-advanced geometric designs everywhere.

This is all to lead up to something that helps our future. In the meantime, their parents think their kids are nuts. Or geniuses. Or nutty geniuses. strangely, the boys science teacher thinks he may be a special child based on the drawings he makes of mandalas that the teacher seems to be having dreams about. So there's a bunch of stuff about mandalas in this movie. And stuff about "Alice in Wonderland", hence the Mimzy reference.

Is this a bad movie? No, not at all. In fact, it's alright. It's also not amazing. Based on the 5 star rating system at Netflix, I gave it a three. I would liked to have given it two and a half, but they don't have that option. I wish they would. There are a LOT of movies that fall into the 3 star category, and some of those really should be two and a half. Some movies are only ok, but not so ok that I "liked" them. This one is just ok. I was mildly entertained for about an hour and a half, but I don't know that I would earnestly recommend it. Maybe if you have a 10-12 year old they would like it.

'Til next time, see ya in the queue.

~ Neil