Thanks for the memories!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I first saw the poster for this film at the mall; around the time when the film came out. I've been wanting to see it since it looked like a fun and fascinating film but I was too afraid to since I hated crying in movies and I noticed that most movies had crying scenes in them. Of course, that was before I fully understood how these sites were recommending stuff; thus, I didn't really care yet I found a better recommendation site called Tastekid that I decided to use because they recommend me most movies that thought were truly interesting. And so, I started watching movies again; even if I became a huge fan of movies in 2009 but still a little afraid. And then I stopped being a fan again in 2010.I saw a little bit of this movie on television a few years it came out and was disappointed by it. I couldn't keep my eyes on it and so, I ignored it. My experience of the movie back then was that it wasn't what I expected from seeing the poster. IT ACTUALLY FOOLS YOU INTO THINKING THAT THE MOVIE IS GOING TO BE THAT GOOD BUT REALLY, IT ISN'T! THOUGH, IT STILL COULD'VE BEEN A LOT BETTER!I watched some of this movie again last night since I really wanted to see it even if I was disappointed since it looked quite interesting but I also wanted to see if the movie would be able to HIT THE SPOT! But it didn't.In the beginning, it has Nim narrating the story. Nim is a spirited little girl who inhabits an isolated island with her father, who's a scientist and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading. So THIS is what the film's about! Still kind of disappointing... Nim sobs when she couldn't find her father. I was expecting the film to be a lot more fascinating and I still wasn't all that engaged by it! I finished the rest of the film today; I was right, it was a big let-down. But still a mediocre film. PictureWell, although the part Nim climbs down the boulder was where the film was at its best and that it was what I expected until a tad after and so on.The film got a tad better when Nim had scared everyone away on the island. But it still kind of ruined the film, mostly the hula dancing. During the middle, the film got fun and fascinating which was quite cool yet disappointing at the same time! Since it seemed like the director was slightly referencing IT TAKES TWO (1995)! Nim is all alone and it frustrates people. When Nim tries to find her father, then she calls him Jack? Huh? What kind of little girl is this? She's probably too old for this. Come on, man, you can tell the walrus "father" or something, I'm sure he'll still understand! And then we have a scene where Alexandra covers her face because she's deathly afraid of a firefly? So a few excessively weird scenes with a slightly eccentric child and a slightly cowardly woman.All in all, this film is a tad too annoying, too funny, too fun, too suspenseful/serious, and fascinating. The music was too dramatic which was of course due to the film. The actors, compared to the poster were a pretty bad pick, though they all did well. So basically, everything about the film was foolish yet mediocre. So I give it a 6.1.

I liked the film when I saw in trailer.I have watched the film and it was really excited.I always like watching adventure movies and I like that movie too.The topic of this film is easy but it exciting.Island which in the film was very authentic.I think the part of movie which is taken under the water is the best of part of it.The actors and actress definitely choose well done.Gerard Butler has chanced the air movie.If you have got free times you can watch it.I hope this film will made second.

Wow I really hated this movie, it was just very predictable and boring all the way through. The only reason I saw this movie is because I wanted to kill sometime on the plane and this movie was available on screen and still regret seeing it. I give it some credit though since it's a movie young girls might like or few girls who are teens that still like movies like this. Maybe I really disliked it because it had Jodie Foster in it or something, but I really wanted this movie to end just few minutes into it. Now I sometimes like watching movies for that are for younger audiences but this isn't one of them I could appreciate. For anyone looking for a movie for younger audiences or family film might want to look elsewhere. I can see how it just might have it's target audiences but it's mostly a dull and boring movie with a very predictable direction.3.8/10

Recapping the plot of "Nim's Island," which is based on the novel by Wendy Orr, is no easy task. Suffice it to say it involves the unlikely meeting of two people from opposite corners of the world: an eleven-year-old young girl named Nim (Abigail Breslin), who lives, "Tempest"-like, all alone with her biologist father (Gerard Butler) on a small island in the South Seas, and a writer of popular adventure novels (Jodie Foster), living in San Francisco, who's afraid to leave her own house. The fourth major character comes in the form of a floating incarnation of the author's signature creation - an Indiana Jones-type adventurer (also played by Butler) - who periodically appears out of thin air to offer sage advice both to the writer and to the young girl stuck on the island.While "Nim's Island" earns some points for putting a young girl and a middle-aged woman up-front-and-center in an action scenario, the movie, as a whole, is a bit too cutesy and corny to be of much interest to an adult audience. It works too hard at being clever when what we really want is for it to settle down and tell a halfway believable story (even for a fantasy, this one unduly strains credibility). Instead, what we get is an assortment of lovable animals doing stupid pet tricks and Foster emoting away as if her life depended upon it. Yet, ironically, the scenery-chewing performance by Foster is probably the best thing in the picture, since at least we get a few laughs out of this neurotic agoraphobe/germaphobe finding herself suddenly and reluctantly living out a real life adventure of her own.For a far better take on this whole literature-come-to-life thing, my advice would be to set your course for the truly wonderful "The Fall" - or even the less impressive "Inkheart" - and paddle away from "Nim's Island."