The Secret of NIMH
Film198282 min

The Secret of NIMH

Taste attributes: adventureanimationfamilyfantasyanimalsdramafastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedcomplex relationship

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"Right before your eyes and beyond your wildest dreams."

Boxlist takeOtherworldly and wholesome: a fresh animated family film, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Pace: fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Intricacy: Smart / intricate, 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 widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

complex relationship

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Derek JacobiElizabeth HartmanArthur MaletDom DeLuiseHermione Baddeley

Details

Genre
Adventure
Year
1982
Runtime
82 min
Status
Released
Studio
United Artists
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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