Review of Nim's Island (2008) by Jorge L — 01 May 2009

Average family movie about a girl called Nim who lives on an island with her father. I found this movie to be predictable and over the top/cheesy in parts but it was at the better end of watchable. I think I would of enjoyed it more if Gerard Butler was absent from the cast,he always comes across wooden and bland.

Also being the proud parent of a bearded dragon and several other lizards I did not enjoy the scenes with the lizards being catapulted across the island onto the crowded beach,i think this sends out the wrong idea especially to young children.

I am trying to give this a positive review but a few other things bugged me a little.....why didnt Nim alert the emergency services when her father went missing? why didnt the father give the pelican a piece of his clothing or a note for Nim to let her know he was still alive? Nim invited a complete stranger to come to her island,what if she had of been talking to an internet predator?