The Last Mimzy (2007) on Netflix
Noah and Emma Wilder find a box of toys in the water near their family cottage. The stuffed rabbit Emma names Mimzy speaks inside her mind, and the siblings grow brilliant.
- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb6.2/1022,979 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes55%
Trailer
Plot summary
The Wilder family leaves Seattle for a few days at their cottage on Whidbey Island while father David stays behind for work. Noah and his younger sister Emma pull a box of toys out of the water and carry it home, keeping it from their mother Jo. Emma finds a stuffed rabbit inside; it speaks into her mind and she calls it Mimzy. Through what the rabbit teaches them, the siblings develop genius-level intellect and unusual abilities. Noah's science teacher Larry White and White's wife Naomi Schwartz take an interest in the boy's drawings. Stones and a strange device from the box remain hidden from the adults.
Cast
- Chris O'Neilas Noah Wilder
- Irene Snowas Teacher in Meadow
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Last Mimzy (2007)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Mackenzie Hamilton and Calum Worthy appear in cameos as teenage cyborgs, and the well-known string theorist Brian Greene has a cameo of his own as an Intel scientist.
- Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters collaborated on a song for the film called "Hello (I Love You)", saying they had come up with a song that captures the clash between humanity's best and worst instincts and how a child's innocence can win the day.
- The Last Mimzy is loosely based on "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett, the pen name of collaborators Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore; the story appeared in John W. Campbell's magazine Astounding in 1943.
