Rated PG for some thematic elements, mild peril, and language
Sci Fi or Fantasy?
That is the question you should ask yourself when you watch The Last Mimzy, a bizarre and slightly disturbing tale from the producers of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. While watching it, I kept thinking, gosh this is weird!, yet I somehow was attracted to it.
The Last Mimzy is based loosely on the book Mimzy Were Borogoves which is in turn based loosely upon an abstract line from a Lewis Caroll poem. It tells the story of two young children who find an odd box at their beach house and upon opening it, find bizarre objects including a strange stuffed bunny, that in turn gives them extraordinary abilities. They keep their find a secret, until strange things begin to happen, and their parents find out. At this point, the film goes from weird to weirder. The parents call in a mysticist and palm reader and begin to freak out when they find out some of the crazy things their kids can do because of these "toys" as the kids call them.
From here the film takes odd turns that will have you slightly confused and feeling kind of weird. At times this film is reminiscent of "The Forgotten", or other psychological thrillers. Even though this film is rated PG, it seems to be more of an adult film, mainly because of the themes and dark content. Offensive content was minimal however, with only 1 curse word and one scene in which the word "sucks" is used about twelve times in less than 1 minute.
I reccomend this film, with reservations, because of the odd and dark sci-fi things happening; but I did enjoy it myself.
This makes for an enjoyable evening, if you want something that is heavy. Don't expect another kiddie film out of this one.
Moral Rating: *****
Film Making: ****
Overall:****
No comments:
Post a Comment