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The Last Mimzy

The future is trying to tell us something.

2007 · 1h 34m · PG Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
Directed by Robert Shaye

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Overview

Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
55%
Tomatometer
Fresh

New Line powerbroker/director Robert Shaye has made a children's film for stoners, a trippy, psychedelic fable that belongs in the DVD section of New Age bookstores alongside the strangely similar What The Fuck Do We Know?

Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten

It's refreshing to be reminded that an intelligent, exciting family movie isn't always an oxymoron.

David Fear, Time Out New York
Rotten

Occasionally arresting ideas and a non-condescending attitude to its pre-teen protagonists give this more character than many effects-driven family fantasies, even if it's ultimately too wonky in construction to sweep us along convincingly.

Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten

The special effects are kinda cheesy, and it's a low-rent E.T.

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh

The Last Mimzy is that phenomenon as welcome as the first robin of spring, a kids' movie that is more than bearable for adults.

Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com

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