Review of The Last Mimzy (2007) by Michelle R — 09 Aug 2008

Unfortunately, it just didn't touch on any of the potential that was there. The potential that made me buy this movie. It's a cross between ET and Close Encounters of The Third Kind, but without the flair and panache of Steven Spielberg. And aimed primarily at kids. With kids for leads, who can't really act.

Reading the blurb on the back of the DVD, it holds so much promise. But there was so many segments of the movie that could have been extended and elaborated. It felt so truncated at times, but then at the same time it felt overlong. The segment that annoyed me was the scene where the girl looks into the future, and sees the old man messing about. Why was he there? What exactly was he doing? Couldn't she have talked to him? Couldn't there have been SOME interaction? If they weren't going to explain it, it was unnecessary to the movie.

For a children's movie, it was certainly tedious. In my opinion, I expect a children's movie to be short and to the point. This was nowhere near that. Every scene dragged, to the point where it got to 30 minutes in, and I nearly gave up. Thinking something would happen, and I still hadn't seen Michael Clarke Duncan yet - but when he did appear, it was very brief, and very pointless.

The two kids irritated me. I really should stop buying these movies, cos the child actors do really annoy me, they either can't act, or are just OTT in their acting skills.

Really, the whole film just annoyed me, and it just seemed like a waste of time once I'd finished watching it. I'm not going to recommend this movie to anyone. It's just a waste of your time watching it.