The Last Mimzy

The Last Mimzy is a 2007 science fiction adventure drama film directed by Robert Shaye and loosely adapted from the 1943 science fiction short story Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett the pseudonym of husband and wife team Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore. The film features Timothy Hutton, Joely Richardson, Rainn Wilson, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Clarke Duncan, and introducing Rhiannon Leigh Wryn as sevenyearold Emma Wilder and Chris ONeil as tenyearold Noah.

Emma becomes telepathically connected to the stuffed rabbit, named Mimzy, and learns how to operate the devices. Interaction with the devices causes the children to develop advanced knowledge, geniuslevel intelligence and psionic abilities. Due to her psychic connection with Mimzy, Emmas development of her abilities is much stronger than her older brothers she is the only one to display empathy, telepathy, levitation, and telekinesis though Noah can also communicate with her once she has telepathically contacted him. Emma is also the only one who can use the Spinners, strange spinning, telekinetically floating rocks that produce a forcefield. Noahs strong psionicphysic abilities are developed through a card and a seashell. He gains increased intelligence, knowledge, telepathy, empathic communication and control over arthropods. He can also use the card to telekinetically teleport objects through a small dimensional rift after staring at it and observing his surroundings. At one point, Noah becomes somewhat envious of his sisters psionic prowess, but she reveals to him that even though she is the Chosen One, he is her Chosen Engineer and she cannot build the bridge to the future without him.The childrens unusual psionic and mental abilities and Emmas attachment to Mimzy alert their parents and schoolteachers to the devices. Later, Noah accidentally fuses the card with a blue blob, turning it into a Generator that causes a power blackout over half the state of Washington, alerting the FBI to their activities. The family is held for questioning by Special Agent Nathaniel Broadman Michael Clarke Duncan, and it is revealed that Mimzy is actually a highly advanced form of artificial life utilizing nanotechnology created by Intel. Mimzy has brought a message from humanitys distant future. Emma explains that pollution has corrupted humanitys DNA. Many rabbits like Mimzy have been sent to the past, but none have successfully returned. Mimzy is the last one remaining, but is

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