The Last Mimzy is a 2007 science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye and loosely adapted from the acclaimed 1943 science fiction short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" authored by Lewis Padgett (the pseudonym of husband and wife team Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore). The Last Mimzy centers on two children, Noah (Chris O'Neil) and Emma (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) Wilder, who develop preternatural powers when they encounter a mysterious box containing strange devices, presumed to be toys. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (510x755, 61 KB) This image is of a film poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the film or the studio which produced the film in question. ... Robert Shaye (Born March 3, 1939), often referred to as Bob, is an American businessman, film producer and actor. ... Michael Phillips (born June 29, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning producer. ... Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 - February 4, 1958) was a science fiction author born in Los Angeles, California. ... Catherine Lucile Moore (January 24, 1911 _ April 4, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ... Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym of the science-fiction authors and spouses Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore. ... Bruce Joel Rubin (born March 10, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan in the United States) is a screenwriter best known for the supernatural romance, Ghost for which he won an Oscar. ... Toby Emmerich is a film executive and screenwriter. ... James V. Jim Hart is a screenwriter and author. ... Rhiannon Leigh Wryn is an American child actress born on January 4, 2000, in Los Angeles, California. ... Chris ONeil (birthdate unknown) is an American child actor. ... Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an Emmy-nominated and two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor. ... Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress. ... Image:Timhut. ... Michael Clarke Duncan (born December 10, 1957) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor who has starred in a number of successful films. ... Marc Musso (born March 29, 1995) is an American actor. ... Kathryn Hahn (born July 23, 1974) is a American actress, best known for her television role on Crossing Jordan (2001-present). ... Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning Canadian composer, best known for composing the scores to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and films of David Cronenberg. ... George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer. ... New Line redirects here. ... is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and several film franchises which premiered or had installments released in 2004, which appear again this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Ocean... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Robert Shaye (Born March 3, 1939), often referred to as Bob, is an American businessman, film producer and actor. ... See also: 1942 in literature, other events of 1943, 1944 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Mimsy Were The Borogoves is a short story (now being made into a feature-length film titled The Last Mimzy) by Lewis Padgett originally published in 1943. ... For other uses, see Alias. ... Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 - February 4, 1958) was a science fiction author born in Los Angeles, California. ... Dust jacket illustration for Judgment Night by C. L. Moore, published in 1952 by Gnome Press. ... Chris ONeil (birthdate unknown) is an American child actor. ... Rhiannon Leigh Wryn is an American child actress born on January 4, 2000, in Los Angeles, California. ... The preternatural or praeternatural are phenomenon which appear outside (Latin praeter) the realm of nature as currently explained by science. ...

Plot

Presented as a flashback, The Last Mimzy is the story of a distant future's attempt to find a solution, through time travel, to a catastrophic ecological disaster that has destroyed their world. High tech devices, masquerading as toys, are sent back in time into the hands of Noah and Emma. The children and their parents, Jo (Joely Richardson) and David (Timothy Hutton), live in early 21^st century Seattle. The "toys" are mostly incomprehensible to Emma and Noah, except for what appears to be a stuffed rabbit named Mimzy. Sensing the strangeness of the devices, the children initially keep their discovery a secret from their parents. Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... An ecological crisis occurs when the environment of a species or a population changes in a way that destablizes its continued survival. ... High tech refers to high technology, technology that is at the cutting-edge and the most advanced currently available. ... Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress. ... Image:Timhut. ... Seattle redirects here. ... For other uses, see Rabbit (disambiguation). ...

Interaction with the devices causes the children to develop increased intelligence and psychic capabilities, including teleportation of objects, telepathy, levitation, telekinesis, and the ability to control bugs. Emma becomes emotionally attached to Mimzy, from which she learns how to further operate the devices. The children's unusual abilities and Emma's obsessive attachment to Mimzy soon alert their parents and schoolteachers to the devices. Later, a power black-out of the entire Pacific northwest caused by the toys alerts the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to their activities as well. The family is held for questioning, and it is revealed that Mimzy is actually an advanced form of artificial life utilizing nanotechnology. Mimzy has brought a message from humanity's future, where Emma explains that pollution has corrupted humanity's DNA. Many rabbits like Mimzy were sent to the past, but none had successfully returned; Mimzy is the last one remaining. Mimzy explains to the children that they must use the toys as a time machine to return her to the future with uncorrupted 21^st century DNA, which the people of the future can use to correct the damage to their DNA caused by the ecological problems. For other uses, see Intelligence (disambiguation). ... Edgar Cayce (1877 – 1945) was one of the best-known American psychics of the 20th century and made many highly publicized predictions. ... Teleport redirects here. ... Telepathy, from the Greek τῆλε, tele, remote; and πάθεια, patheia, to be effected by, describes the hypothetical transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses. ... For other uses, see Levitation (disambiguation). ... The term psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή, psyche, meaning mind, soul, or breath; and κίνησις, kinesis, meaning motion; literally movement from the mind)[1][2] or PK, also known as telekinesis[3] (Greek + , literally distant-movement referring to telekinesis) or TK, denotes the paranormal ability of the mind to influence matter, time... Look up bug in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Tree limbs create a short circuit in electrical lines during a storm that spawned two tornadoes. ... F.B.I. and FBI redirect here. ... Synthetic life and artificial life (not to be confused with the field of Artificial Life) are terms used to refer to manufactured, synthesized or created life forms. ... Nanotechnology refers to a field of applied science and technology whose theme is the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, generally 100 nanometers or smaller, and the fabrication of devices that lie within that size range. ... Air pollution Pollution is the introduction of pollutants (whether chemical substances, or energy such as noise, heat, or light) into the environment to such a point that its effects become harmful to human health, other living organisms, or the environment. ... The structure of part of a DNA double helix Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a nucleic acid molecule that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. ...

Despite attempts by an unbelieving FBI to hinder them, Noah and Emma use their psychic powers to escape with Mimzy and the other objects and are able to initiate the time transport so Mimzy can return to the future. Fortunately, Mimzy carries with it a tear from Emma, thus providing the pure DNA required to prevent the disaster. In the new future, Emma is revered as the "mother" of all the present generations, and the children exhibit the same psychic gifts that Emma had developed. The world has become a more beautiful place, where it is presumed that humanity has integrated better into the natural ecosystems. A time machine is a device for traveling through time. ... The tear system. ... A coral reef near the Hawaiian islands is an example of a complex marine ecosystem. ...

Main cast

The Last Mimzy features an ensemble cast that includes Timothy Hutton, Joely Richardson, Rainn Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Patrick Gilmore, and newcomers Rhiannon Leigh Wryn and Chris O’Neil as the children, Emma and Noah. World-renowned string theorist, Brian Greene has a cameo appearance as the Intel scientist in the movie. Combined, the cast and production team feature six Academy Award winners.^{[citation needed]} An ensemble cast is a cast in which the principal performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance in a dramatic production. ... Image:Timhut. ... Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress. ... Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an Emmy-nominated and two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor. ... Michael Clarke Duncan (born December 10, 1957) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor who has starred in a number of successful films. ... Rhiannon Leigh Wryn is an American child actress born on January 4, 2000, in Los Angeles, California. ... Chris ONeil (birthdate unknown) is an American child actor. ... This box:      String theory is a still developing mathematical approach to theoretical physics, whose original building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects called strings. ... Brian Greene (born February 9, 1963), is a theoretical physicist and one of the best-known string theorists. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

• Chris O'Neil as Noah Wilder, one of the children who discovers the "toys"
• Rhiannon Leigh Wryn as Emma Wilder, Noah's younger sister and the other toy finder
• Timothy Hutton as David Wilder, father of Noah and Emma
• Joely Richardson as Jo Wilder, David's wife and mother of the children
• Rainn Wilson as Larry White, Noah's science teacher
• Kathryn Hahn as Naomi Schwartz, Larry's fiancee
• Michael Clarke Duncan as FBI Special Agent Nathaniel Broadman
• Kirsten Williamson as Sheila Broadman
• Marc Musso as Harry Jones
• Megan McKinnon as Wendy
• Irene Snow as teacher in the meadow (future)

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Development and production

The Last Mimzy is loosely based on the classic science fiction short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett, the pen name of collaborators Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore; the story appeared in John Campbell's magazine Astounding in 1943.^[1] Both the film's and short story's titles are derived from third line of the nonsense verse poem Jabberwocky in Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. The adapted screenplay is by Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost, Deep Impact) and Toby Emmerich (Frequency).^[2] The film’s production team also included editor Alan Heim (All That Jazz, The Notebook) and sound designer Dane Davis (The Matrix). Visual effects were created by The Orphanage, and location filming was done in Vancouver, BC and Collingwood School.^[3] Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Mimsy Were The Borogoves is a short story (now being made into a feature-length film titled The Last Mimzy) by Lewis Padgett originally published in 1943. ... Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym of the science-fiction authors and spouses Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore. ... Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 - February 4, 1958) was a science fiction author born in Los Angeles, California. ... Dust jacket illustration for Judgment Night by C. L. Moore, published in 1952 by Gnome Press. ... John Campbell is the name of: John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (died 1933) John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680–1743) John Campbell of Cawdor (1695–1777), minor British politician John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (1705–1782), British general in North America John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll... Astounding Stories was a seminal science fiction magazine founded in 1930. ... Nonsense verse is a form of poetry, normally composed for humorous effect, which is intentionally and overtly paradoxical, silly, witty, whimsical or just plain strange. ... For other uses, see Jabberwocky (disambiguation). ... The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll (), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Through the Looking Glass redirects here. ... Bruce Joel Rubin (born March 10, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan in the United States) is a screenwriter best known for the supernatural romance, Ghost for which he won an Oscar. ... For other uses, see Ghost (disambiguation). ... Deep Impact is a 1998 science fiction disaster film released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. ... Toby Emmerich is a film executive and screenwriter. ... Frequency is a 2000 film, which contains elements of the time travel, thriller and alternate history film genres. ... All That Jazz is a 1979 musical film directed by Bob Fosse. ... The Notebook is a 1996 American romantic novel by Nicholas Sparks that was later adapted into a popular romantic film by the same name in 2004. ... This article is about the 1999 film. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... Collingwood School is an independent, co-educational, university-preparatory school founded in 1984. ...

One result of the adaptation process is that — relative to the short story — the movie is aimed at a younger audience and is more about emotions; the short story is more about ideas. Rick Norwood (The SF Site) writes, "The Last Mimzy has carefully expunged all of the ideas from the story, and replaced them with the New Age nonsense that passes for ideas these days. They have also taken a very personal story about one family and a box of toys from the future and turned it into an epic story in which childlike innocence saves the human race."^[1]

Response

Critical response to The Last Mimzy ranged from saying it holds appeal for family audiences — especially children — to describing the storyline as cluttered and distracting. Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times called it, "Wholesome, eager entertainment that doesn't talk down", agreeing with Ken Fox of TV Guide's Movie Guide who said it was "a thoughtful and sincere interpretation that might actually get kids and their guardians thinking and talking."^[4][5] Calling the film "lightweight", the Atlanta Journal-Constitution rated it a "small gem".^[6] Many of the critics found the plot burdened with irrelevant, distracting elements, saying it "simply collapses under the considerable weight of its many bewildering plot elements".^[7][8] The Chicago Sun-Times went as far as to say The Last Mimzy is an "emotionless empty shell" compared to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.^[9] Critics diverge about the scientific validity of the film. Reviewer Susan Granger said, "There’s some validity to the challenging science depicted in the film, according to Dr. Brian Greene, Columbia University physics professor, and Dr. Susan Smalley, UCLA neurobehavioral genetics professor."^[10] The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper of Atlanta and metro Atlanta. ... Chicago Sun-Times The Chicago Sun-Times is an American newspaper publishing out of Chicago, Illinois. ... For the video games based on the movie, see E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in video games. ...

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film was composed by Howard Shore, the award winning composer behind the scores of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters also collaborated on a song called "Hello (I Love You)". "I think together we've come up with a song that captures the themes of the movie - the clash between humanity's best and worst instincts, and how a child's innocence can win the day," Roger Waters commented.^[11] Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning Canadian composer, best known for composing the scores to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and films of David Cronenberg. ... This article is about the Peter Jackson film trilogy. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer. ... Hello (I Love You) is a song performed by Ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters. ...

Track listing

1. "The Mandala" – 1:37
2. "Whidbey Island" – 3:21
3. "Under The Bed" – 2:46
4. "Cuddle" – 1:28
5. "Beach" – 1:59
6. "Scribbles" – 2:39
7. "Blackout" – 3:17
8. "Palm Readings" – 4:12
9. "I Love The World" – 0:52
10. "Help!" – 1:20
11. "I Have To Look" – 4:20
12. "Can I Talk?" – 5:26
13. "Eyes" – 2:15
14. "The Tear" – 4:07
15. "Through The Looking Glass" – 5:03
16. "Hello (I Love You)" (with Roger Waters) – 6:16

References

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External links

• The Last Mimzy Official Movie Site
• The Last Mimzy at the Internet Movie Database
• The Last Mimzy at Rotten Tomatoes