The Last Mimzy

By: Lovey

Director: Robert Shaye
Cast: Joely Richardson, Chris O'Neil, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wilson, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Clarke Duncan.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5
 
In case we need another reminder that our world is on a downward spiral, can I present The Last Mimzy.

 This is a movie with an environmental save-our-world-before-we-destroy-it message, but not in the way An Inconvenient Truth delivered.

The Last Mimzy follows the story of a brother and sister who find some mysterious objects on a secluded beach which leads to a series of strange and unusual events. I don't want to give away the plot (like some others around here do), so all I'll say is that these events cause their whole family's world to be turned upside down, whilst also bringing them all together to unravel the mystery of The Last Mimzy.

I can tell that you're probably thinking; 'how could a couple of kids finding some weird stuff on a beach be connected to a message about our environment.' Well, that, my good friends, is part of the mystery of The Last Mimzy - one that is delivered in a barely second-rate movie.

Don't get me wrong. I like the idea of the film, and get what director Robert Shaye was trying to achieve, but it is lacking in too many ways for me to enjoy it. When the best performance in a film is given by a five-year-old girl, one has to wonder. And if a viewer has to pry ones eyes open with sticky tape to keep from falling asleep in a film, one also has to wonder.

And if once the credits have rolled and one is left with many frustrating questions about the film they just endured, then one is left wondering no more and simply concludes its a bad film.
 
In a word: Forced
 
Verbatim: 
Girl With Braces: "It must be my braces, I am not a terrorist.
Security Guard: "We will see about that ... empty your pockets."