Movie Review of Nim's Island

That is Nim swimming with her sea lion, Selkie. Where the movie takes place is an island and her dad is a scientist. He is going to do some research for two days and he leaves Nim alone on the island. All alone. Her father tells her, "No parties!" But she disobeys and has a party with Selkie and Fred the bearded dragon lizard (he's tiny). Galileo is her pelican, flying in the sky.

While her dad is gone, some people try to invade the island. Nim says to Selkie, "This is our island! No one will touch our sand. When my dad gets back, I will tell him we protected this island!" People are on a cruise ship and there are four captains leading four boats to the island. Selkie comes and tries to chase them away by making toots in the water to make it smell like rotten dead fish. [Blogging interrupted by uproarious laughter.] It doesn't chase the people away but Nim says quietly, "You did your best, Selkie." Then Nim says, "Fred, call to your friends." He goes, "BAAAAA!" which is "Help!" in lizard. Nim has lots of baskets tied to big rubber bands and she puts the lizards in the baskets and launches the lizards and they go, "BAAAA!" as they fly in the air at the tourists and land on them.

Then Nim climbs up to the volcano and sets a fire to make the people think it's going to erupt. And they run off to the boats and some trip on lizards on the sand.

Nim gets a five-inch cut but don't worry, she heals. And the writer Alexandra Rover, the author of Alex Rover books, comes to rescue Nim because she's all alone. She tells Nim, "I'm Alex Rover." Nim was expecting a man. And then Alexandra says, "Alexandra Rover...the writer!"
Later in the movie Alexandra Rover gets frightened by a flying lamp, but it's Nim holding a lamp on a standing zipline.

Alexandra brought a can of soup with her but the sea lion, Selkie, ate it! During their dinner,
Alexandra asks, "How long has your father been gone?" Nim replies, "Four days."

Then Nim cries because she doesn't see her dad coming back. It ends happily; he comes back and they become a family.

I think you should watch it. It is at Redbox video machines. Since there is a volcano and Nim gets cut, you should be about eight to forty-four to watch this movie. I think you'll enjoy it.

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