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Film
Titel Mimzy — Meine Freundin aus der Zukunft
Originaltitel The Last Mimzy
Produktionsland USA
Originalsprache Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
Länge 96 Minuten
Altersfreigabe
Stab
Regie Robert Shaye
Drehbuch Bruce Joel Rubin, Toby Emmerich
Produktion Robert Shaye, Justis Greene, Sara Risher, Barry Chusid
Musik Howard Shore
Kamera Jim Michael Muro
Schnitt Alan Heim
Besetzung

Mimzy — Meine Freundin aus der Zukunft ist ein US-amerikanischer Fantasyfilm, welcher sehr frei nach der Kurzgeschichte Mimsy Were the Borogoves von Lewis Padgett basiert. Der Filmstart war in Deutschland am 9. August 2007.

Handlung

Eine Lehrerin erzählt ihrer Klasse auf einer Wiese eine Geschichte von zwei Kindern, die die Welt gerettet haben.

Presented as a flashback, The Last Mimzy is the story of a distant future's attempt to avert a catastrophic ecological disaster that has destroyed their world. High tech devices, masquerading as toys, are sent back in time into the hands of Noah and Emma, two children who live with their parents Jo (Joely Richardson) and David (Timothy Hutton) in early 21st century Seattle. The "toys" are mostly incomprehensible to Emma and Noah, except for what appears to be a stuffed rabbit named Mimzy. Sensing the strangeness of the devices, the children initially keep their discovery a secret from their parents.

Interaction with the devices causes the children to develop increased intelligence and psychic capabilities, including teleportation of objects, telepathy, levitation, telekinesis, and the ability to communicate with arthropods. Emma becomes emotionally attached to Mimzy, from which she learns how to further operate the devices. The children's unusual abilities and Emma's obsessive attachment to Mimzy soon alert their parents and schoolteachers to the devices; later, a power black-out of the entire Pacific northwest caused by the toys alerts the FBI to their activities as well. The family is held for questioning, and it is revealed that Mimzy is actually an advanced form of artificial life utilizing nanotechnology created by Intel. Mimzy has brought a message from humanity's future, which Emma explains to mean that pollution has corrupted humanity's DNA. Many rabbits like Mimzy were sent to the past, but none had successfully returned; Mimzy is the last one remaining. Mimzy explains to the children that they must use the toys as a time machine to return her to the future with uncorrupted 21st century DNA, which the people of the future can use to correct the damage to their DNA caused by the ecological problems.

Despite attempts by an unbelieving FBI to hinder them, Noah and Emma use their psychic powers to escape with Mimzy and the other objects and are able to activate the time portal by which Mimzy can return to the future. Fortunately, Mimzy carries with it a tear of Emma's, thus providing the pure DNA required to prevent the disaster. Emma is almost sucked into the future with Mimzy, but Noah grabs Emma's foot and pulls out just as Mimzy is sent to her own time. In the new future, Emma is revered as the "mother" of all the present generations, and the children exhibit the same psychic gifts that Emma had developed. The world has become a more beautiful place, where it is presumed that humanity has integrated better into the constructed ecosystems.

Development and production

The Last Mimzy is loosely based on the classic science fiction short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett, the pen name of collaborators Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore; the story appeared in John W. Campbell's magazine Astounding in 1943.[1] Both the film's and short story's titles are derived from third line of the nonsense verse poem Jabberwocky in Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. The adapted screenplay is by Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost, Deep Impact) and Toby Emmerich (Frequency).[2] The film’s production team also included editor Alan Heim (All That Jazz,main stand in Stacey lee gray as Emma The Notebook) and sound designer Dane Davis (The Matrix). Visual effects were created by The Orphanage, and location filming was done in Vancouver and Collingwood School.[3]

Reception

Critical response to The Last Mimzy ranged from saying it holds appeal for family audiences — especially children — to describing the storyline as distracting. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 53% approval rate saying "The Last Mimzy makes efforts to be a fun children's movie."[4] Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times called it, "Wholesome, eager entertainment that doesn't talk down", agreeing with Ken Fox of TV Guide's Movie Guide who said it was "a thoughtful and sincere interpretation that actually get kids and their guardians thinking and talking."[5][6] Calling the film "lightweight", the Atlanta Journal-Constitution rated it a "small gem".[7] [8][9] The Chicago Sun-Times went as far as to say The Last Mimzy is an "emotionless empty shell" compared to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[10] Critics diverge about the scientific validity of the film. Reviewer Susan Granger said, "There’s some validity to the challenging science depicted in the film, according to Dr. Brian Greene, Columbia University physics professor, and Dr. Susan Smalley, UCLA neurobehavioral genetics professor";[11] by contrast, Rick Norwood (The SF Site) writes, "The Last Mimzy has carefully expunged all of the ideas from the story, and replaced them with the New Age nonsense that passes for ideas these days. They have also taken a very personal story about one family and a box of toys from the future and turned it into an epic story in which childlike innocence saves the human race".[1]

Filmmusik

Die Filmmusik wurde von Howard Shore komponiert. Der Titelsong Hello (I Love You) wurde von Pink Floyd und Roger Waters gesungen. Roger Waters kommentiert: "Ich denke, zusammen erreichten wir ein Song, der das Thema des Films erfasst – Der Konflikt zwischen der Menschheit Besten und dem schlechten Instinkt, und wie die Einfalt eines Kindes eines Tages gewinnen kann."[12]

Der Soundtrack enthält folgende Titel:

  1. "The Mandala" – 1:37
  2. "Whidbey Island" – 3:21
  3. "Under The Bed" – 2:46
  4. "Cuddle" – 1:28
  5. "Beach" – 1:59
  6. "Scribbles" – 2:39
  7. "Blackout" – 3:17
  8. "Palm Readings" – 4:12
  9. "I Love The World" – 0:52
  10. "Help!" – 1:20
  11. "I Have To Look" – 4:20
  12. "Can I Talk?" – 5:26
  13. "Eyes" – 2:15
  14. "The Tear" – 4:07
  15. "Through The Looking Glass" – 5:03
  16. "Hello (I Love You)" – 6:16

Kritiken

„Kinderträume sind ein wertvolles Gut, das es zu schützen gilt - so lautet die Botschaft dieses schnörkellosen Familienfilms.“

– Abendzeitung

„Schrullige, streckenweise nicht ganz schlüssige Adaption von Lewis Padgetts 1943 erschienener Science-Fiction-Story, die New-Line-Chef Robert Shaye mit viel Liebe in Szene gesetzt hat. (...) Negativ anzumerken gilt das aufdringliche Intel Product Placement - aber das dürfte den Kids reichlich egal sein.“

– Blickpunkt:Film

„Wenn man sechs Jahre alt ist, darf man hier begeistert staunen, wenn man aber bereits fünf mal sechs Jahre alt ist, muss man manchmal nur säuerlich grinsen."“

– Stuttgarter Zeitung

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Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ a b Rick Norwood: Review: The Last Mimzy. SF Site, 2007, abgerufen am 19. Oktober 2007.
  2. ↑ Movie Review: The Last Mimzy. Hollywood.com, Inc., abgerufen am 7. September 2007.
  3. ↑ Alain Bielik: The Last Mimzy: Magical Reality VFX. AWN, Inc., 23. März 2007, abgerufen am 7. September 2007.
  4. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mimzy/
  5. ↑ "Jeannette Catsoulis: Box to the Future. The New York Times, 22. März 2007, abgerufen am 22. Oktober 2007.
  6. ↑ "Ken Fox: The Last Mimzy. TV Guide, abgerufen am 22. Oktober 2007.
  7. ↑ "Eleanor Ringel Gillespie: A gentle fantasy that takes its cue from "E.T." Atlanta Journal-Constitution, abgerufen am 22. Oktober 2007.
  8. ↑ "John Anderson: The Last Mimzy. Variety, 5. Februar 2007, abgerufen am 22. Oktober 2007.
  9. ↑ "Stax: An overstuffed mess. IGN, 22. März 2007, abgerufen am 22. Oktober 2007.
  10. ↑ "Teresa Budasi: 'Mimzy' whimsy comes up flimsy. The Chicago Sun-Times, 23. März 2007, abgerufen am 22. Oktober 2007.
  11. ↑ Susan Granger: The Last Mimzy. Alliance of Women Film Journalists, abgerufen am 11. Dezember 2007.
  12. ↑ PR Inside: "Hello (I Love you)" article. Abgerufen am 16. Januar 2007.
  13. ↑ http://www.kino.de/kinofilm/mimzy-meine-freundin-aus-der-zukunft/wertung/104183.html


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