RAINN WILSON plays Noah's science teacher who realizes something strange is occurring when his dreams mesh with events surrounding the kids.TIMOTHY HUTTON plays her husband, who's preoccupied with work and thus absent for much of the film until he realizes he has to try to figure out what's occurring.JOELY RICHARDSON plays their mother who becomes increasingly concerned about their behavioral changes.RHIANNON LEIGH WRYN plays his younger sister who similarly develops supernatural abilities and becomes quite attached to the Mimzy bunny doll.CHRIS O'NEIL plays an average 10-year-old kid who thinks his life "sucks," but has a change of heart and abilities upon exposure to the futuristic objects.WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG For some thematic elements, mild peril and language. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? It's a good bet many younger ones will, particularly if they're into sci-fi. Realizing they're in trouble but not understanding the ramifications of their actions, Noah and Emma try to figure out what to do with their magical find. That draws the attention of Homeland Security regional director Nathanial Broadman (MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN) who assigns his team to find the source of the outage, believing it could be terrorism based. Things get even more complicated when one of the items causes a massive blackout across half the state. Emma quickly adopts "Mimzy" as her own, but little do the kids know that those items have been sent from the future - via a desperate scientist - in a last ditch effort to save the future of humankind from their polluted world.įor the kids, they're just fun, if unusual things that soon give them unique supernatural powers, a development that doesn't escape the notice of Jo or Noah's science teacher Larry White (RAINN WILSON) and his new-age fiancée, Naomi Schwartz (KATHRYN HAHN). Inside are various mysterious objects, as well as a stuffed bunny toy that "talks" in a somewhat gurgled fashion. When the three head off to their lake vacation home, the siblings discover a strange box in the surf. With his father, David (TIMOTHY HUTTON), always busy working, Noah spends most of his time with his younger sister Emma (RHIANNON LEIGH WRYN) and their mother Jo (JOELY RICHARDSON). PLOT: Noah Wilder (CHRIS O'NEIL) is an average 10-year-old boy with average grades at his Seattle school. QUICK TAKE: Sci-fi: A brother and sister come into possession of magical items sent via time travel that might be future humankind's last chance at survival. (2007) (Chris O'Neil, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) (PG)
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