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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20070405 Thursday April 05, 2007

"The Last Mimzy" Movie

My 14-year-old son Paul wanted to see the new movie "The Last Mimzy" as one of his Spring Break special activity requests. John and I saw it last night with him, along with Jessica and her boyfriend Matt (both 18). Paul's movie choices are suspect ("Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was his alternative) but surprisingly everyone enjoyed "The Last Mimzy" very much. It had the charm and flavor of the 1982 movie E.T. Common elements include: innocent genius kids living on the U.S. West Coast, space aliens, psychic themes, parents who are less in control than they think, scary U.S. government bullies, and excellent and interesting computer graphics.

"The Last Mimzy" is based on the 1943 short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett. The title of course comes from Lewis Caroll's poem in his 1872 Through the Looking-Glass which starts and ends with:

    `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

    All mimsy were the borogoves,

    And the mome raths outgrabe.

Jessica and I recited the whole poem for Matt on the drive to the theater.

Posted at 11:39AM Apr 05, 2007 by katysblog in News & Reviews  |  Comments[1]

Comments:

A timely review. I am looking for something to do next week with my nearly 12 year-old son and his grandmother during his Spring break, next week.


I enjoy your blog and check it regularly!

Posted by Sue Weber on April 05, 2007 at 01:32 PM PDT #

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