Return to Nim's Island
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| Return to Nim's Island | |
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| Directed by | Brendan Maher |
| Written by | Ray Boseley Cathy Randal Book: Wendy Orr |
| Produced by | Paula Mazur |
| Starring | Bindi Irwin Matthew Lillard Toby Wallace John Waters[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Arc Entertainment |
Release date | 15 March 2013 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Return to Nim's Island is a 2013 Australian adventure-fantasy film directed by Brendan Maher and starring Bindi Irwin, Matthew Lillard, Toby Wallace and John Waters. The story is based on the book Nim at Sea by Wendy Orr.[2] It is the sequel to the 2008 film Nim's Island.
Plot
Three years after the events in Nim's Island, the island faces yet a new challenge. The operators of the ship Buccaneer have gotten permission to develop a pirate resort on the island, and Nim (Bindi Irwin) and her father pursue separate plans to stop them. Meanwhile, a city boy (Toby Wallace, Edmund in the film), has run away from home to the island, inadvertently bringing poachers with him. With her father, Jack Rusoe (Matthew Lillard) away on the mainland, Nim and Edmund must learn to work together in order to save the island from the poachers.
Cast
- Bindi Irwin as Nim Rusoe[3]
- Matthew Lillard as Jack Rusoe
- Toby Wallace as Edmund
- John Waters as Booker
- BJ and Friday as Selkie
- Pumpkin as Fred
- Nathan Derrick as Felix
- Jack Pearson as Ben
- Sebastian Gregory as Frankie
Reception
MetaCritic reports a 54% approval across 24 reviews. Common Sense Media reports the movie as (this movie, an) "adventure sequel is well-rounded, family-friendly fare." The MetaCritic User Review system, historically more lenient and generally in keeping with the tenor of word-of-mouth reviews across social media and family blogs reports a very favorable 8.7 or "Universal Acclaim" rating. It's difficult to establish a consistent review score profile this way and the film was not covered by large media reviewing houses. Among the target audience the movie was well-received largely due to the reception of Bindi Irwin's performance as the female lead, "Nim".
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