
Nim's Island
Taste attributes: adventurecomedyfamilyfantasyanimalsfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossyhuman spirit/resilience/survival
"Be the hero of your own story."
Boxlist takeA fantastical comedy that is warm-hearted, light and stylish. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
5.9 /10
TMDB · 932 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
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Synopsis
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
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Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Walden Media
- Taste scores
- How we score
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