Nim's Island

A young girl living on a tropical island with her scientist father is left to fend for herself after her dad's boat leaves him stranded far away and careless tour companies wreak havoc on the secluded paradise in directors Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett's adaptation of the popular children's book ...more

Nim's Island is a movie about the power of the imagination, a prevalent, common, relatively safe theme among kid's movies. More complex themes lurk beneath the surface, however, making this a winning film that appeals not only to kids and the kid that lives within us all, but to our adult mindsets, as well. Abigail Breslin stars as Nim, a precocious, crafty, and motherless little girl living on a secluded, idyllic island paradise in the South Asiatic sea with her marine biologist hunk of a ...more