Nim's Island

the Center of the Earth," the new family adventure "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" begins when 17-year-old Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson, reprising his role from the first film) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. It's a place of stunning beauty, strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. Unable to stop him from tracking the signal to its source, Sean's new stepfather, Hank (Dwayne Johnson

Real hard to pull a 5★ rating from me, but this film has none better on all scores. Wendy Orr/Kerry Millard have a beautiful story from their books. Don't give a hoot if a film not match its books, I watch film for the lights, sound & someones' imagination on the big screen & read books for the authors' good ideas communicated & my imagination to watch 24-frames-per-second play in my 3D minds eye. Also rotten tomatoes critics are full of hot air & poop with their petty egos. Mic Cl;-)~ Ririe, Idaho USA

Nim's Island is a cute colorful diversion that has a story that will show it's strong creativity and has ingredients to inspire. No spoilers, but there is one questionable element to the end of the story where I was thinking "is Alexandra Rover going to do it or not?" The decent CGI and special effects surprisingly gives effective charm and cuteness. The story first shows us the background/depth of our main protagonist (Nim) and gives us an opportunity to see and explore the South Pacific Island and then when the buccaneers arrive, the story gets really serious. The story brings in a message about showing that the wild outdoors is no place for human civilalization. Also, Alexandra may have Agoraphobia (which makes her a stereotype), but that's the big thing to inspire humans to have courage and confidence. and it's also about helping others. The music by Patrick Doyle is decent enough at best, it does what it has to do. Nim can talk to her animal buddies which reminds me of George of the jungle, but in a Hawaiian form. Nim's Island gets a solid recommendation for families for sure.