The appeal of a kids’ book about a little girl who lives on her own South Pacific island is not too difficult to fathom. “Nim’s Island” plays into a whole range of fantasies for children ...

Nim's Island is a well-intentioned, creative, and imaginative, colorful children's adventure filled with exotic animals and locations, sincere and well-developed characters, and a lot of heart.

Nim begins to panic, not only because of her father’s absence, but because their secret island is on the verge of being overrun by “buccaneers,” who turn out to be agents of a cruise line ...

Nim's Island, a well crafted fantasy adventure film, is the story of 11 year-old Nim, who lives on a beautiful desert Island in the middle of nowhere, with only her father. When he goes missing at ...

Like a lush tropical getaway that promises paradise and delivers something closer to purgatory, "Nim's Island" is a picturesque adventure-comedy that quickly capsizes under the weight of its ...

Nim’s Island. This crowded tropical isle is jammed with childhood fantasies, exotic creatures, ... “Nim’s Island” doesn’t know where to draw the line between real life and fiction.

Two thumbs up on Nim’s Island from this GeekDad and his 9-year-old female geeklet! There are geeky movies, and there are movies that embody a "geek spirit" if you will. Nim’s Island is ...

‘Nim’s Island.’ A girl on a Pacific isle enlists a novelist to help save her father. With Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster. Directors: Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett (1:25). PG: Comic… ...

Hollywood tends to classify many different kids of films into the catch-all category of "family" entertainment, but there's basically two types — family films made with the entire family in ...

Nim’s Island wants desperately to be Swiss Family Robinson, but it’s more like Swiss Miss: a sickly sweet, powdery substance which when mixed with water may shut your kids up for a few min ...