![]() To most people, palm reading and strange drawings from Tibet are mysterious, but Christians are strongly warned in the Bible against activities like palm reading. These appear to be just plot devices to heighten the sense of mystery. It is not as if the makers of THE LAST MIMZY are out to seduce schoolchildren into palm reading and mysticism. It's as if someone undercooked a soup with 50 different vegetables in it. ![]() Sadly, the movie also throws in palm reading and the “wisdom” of Tibet. Just what the Wilder children are destined to do with their supernatural-seeming toys involves facilitating a wormhole for a weak Mimzy to travel through.THE LAST MIMZY is a science fiction stew including a workaholic dad, a boy who uses science to excel at golf, spiders creating amazing webs, a government agency rounding up the children, and a stuffed, artificially intelligent bunny that will "die" if not sent back to the future quickly with a sample of a perfect genetic code. When David and Jo finally believe (the kids act like they're under a G-rated possession), the FBI swoops in and places the whole family in a testing facility. ![]() Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office) co-stars as Noah's Zenned-out science teacher, Larry, who, along with his New Agey fiancée Naomi (Kathryn Hahn), applies understanding of Southeast Asian beliefs to convince the Wilders that their kids aren't just gifted: They're borderline superhuman. Some of his teachings include how to levitate, atomize her body parts, and thoroughly freak out her babysitter and parents - clueless overworked dad David ( Timothy Hutton) and understandably alarmed mom Jo ( Joely Richardson). Emma (the doe-eyed Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) not only communes with Mimzy (the rabbit), but she learns from him and calls him her teacher. Noah ( Chris O'Neil) accidentally causes a major power outage that, in the age of Homeland Security, is perceived as a terrorist attack. What child wouldn't want such a cool adventure? But with great, alien-like toys come great problems. Kids will like the premise of indie sci-fi movie THE LAST MIMZY: Ten-year-old Noah Wilder and his younger sister Emma discover a mysterious box off the shore of their beach house - inside are strange toys that make the kids telekinetic, hyper-intelligent, and able to communicate with an old stuffed rabbit. ![]()
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