With the premise that the film would not see a second time, I recognize that I liked. On TV there is a well cared-for script: in the sense that, the details that would have weakened interest of the film, was meticulously written. Obviously the story taken from a novel by Wendy Orr: in the context is something unreal, that to get a follow-up and a final in harmony with the three main protagonists. The plot of the film could have been a tragedy. A shipwreck that would have to pass the rest of the life of a father and his daughter as a hermit. [...] However, as it happens in novels, the scientist and his daughter in a surreal way and electronically they have contact of a volcanoes-writer. So they can be saved, and find a new family love.

Nim (Abigail Breslin) is an eleven year old girl living in an island with her marine biologist father (Gerard Butler.)Nim's Island is a magical place ruled by her imagination with a pelican Galileo, lizard Fred, and Selke the sea lion.Her father leaves her alone in the island as he goes of to some research and gets lost at sea. Nim contacts writer Alexandra Rover (Jodie Foster) author of the Alex Rover adventure novels (also played by Gerard Butler) who is an agoraphobic, germaphobe recluse who has not left her house for years and must travel to this remote island to save Nim from impending buccaneers while having pep talks with the imaginary Alex Rover.Nim's Island is a strange film. Kids will enjoy the cute animals, low tech animation and adventures in a far away island. Adults might like the kooky humour but it really is a mixed bag. The main characters are apart for most of the film. It is strange to see Jodie Foster in something light and frothy although she does look uncomfortable in playing such a reclusive character being spurred on to breakout by the fictional Alex.

Jodie Foster plays an agoraphobic author (who pens cliffhanger stories under the guise of an Indiana Jones-type adventurer) who is contacted via the internet by a preteen girl struggling to survive on a remote island after her scientist father goes missing at sea. Adaptation of Wendy Orr's novel (worked on by four writers, including the film's two directors, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin) has enough action to sustain interest, though one gets the feeling early on the filmmakers were under pressure to include a lot of of silly comedy to please the family crowd. The characters are actually far more interesting than the predicaments the screenplay puts them in, making the final reel irrelevant. ** from ****

I missed this film at the cinema and only caught it by surprise as we were flicking through the movie channel one Saturday morning and we absolutely fell in love with it. It is not the best film ever but it has heart, humour some reasonably strong performances and memorable characters. What else could a Saturday morning film with the kids need? The story begins with a seemingly idyllic relationship between a father and daughter living on a desert island that they have adapted to suit their lifestyle perfectly. We are then introduced to Jodie Foster who charms as an agoraphobic writer who's only friend seems to be the hero in her books who appears throughout the film but only in her mind. The story develops at a good pace that kept us entertained and quickly Jodie Fosters character is pushed way beyond her comfort zone and "Nim", beautifully played by Abigail Breslin enters her story arc surviving alone. The communication between the characters is well done and whilst not entirely believable it does produce a good honest and fun story.