Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine.
The Last Mimzy is that phenomenon as welcome as the first robin of spring, a kids' movie that is more than bearable for adults.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
26 Mar 2007
rotten:
The special effects are kinda cheesy, and it's a low-rent E.T.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
26 Mar 2007
rotten:
Occasionally arresting ideas and a non-condescending attitude to its pre-teen protagonists give this more character than many effects-driven family fantasies, even if it's ultimately too wonky in construction to sweep us along convincingly.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
31 Mar 2007
rotten:
It's refreshing to be reminded that an intelligent, exciting family movie isn't always an oxymoron.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
31 Mar 2007
fresh:
New Line powerbroker/director Robert Shaye has made a children's film for stoners, a trippy, psychedelic fable that belongs in the DVD section of New Age bookstores alongside the strangely similar What The Fuck Do We Know?