![]() ![]() The premise is that because Mimzy was meant for a child, it had to be a stuffed animal. Though Mimzy is central to the film and Emma’s enlightenment–an almost human piece of virtual technology that becomes Emma’s teacher/guru–it’s still a stuffed rabbit. Naomi helps the family understand the spiritual significance of Emma and Noah’s new intelligence, since not only do Noah and Emma recognize all of the most famous Mandalas, but the kids also know the proper names of the historical artwork.Īnd then of course there is Mimzy, the stuffed rabbit. Noah’s science teacher (played by Rainn Wilson of “The Office”), whose wife, Naomi, (Kathryn Hahn) happens to be a palm reader and aficionado of all things Tibetan Buddhist, steps into the picture not only because Noah develops a shocking science project about spiders, but because Noah is drawing what are called Mandalas–ancient Tibetan artworks that depict the history of the universe through intricate, beautiful, and mind-gripping patterns. The Last Mimzy Year 2007 Genre Action Drama Sci-Fi Fantasy Family Horror Adventure Type Movies IDMB rating 6.2 (20798 votes) Netflix rating 3.5 Metacritics rating 59.0 Rotten Tomatoes rating 55. ![]() As Emma and Noah learn to “play” with these mysterious toys, Noah becomes a scientific genius of some sort–he can suddenly talk to spiders and make objects move with this mind–and Emma becomes a meditation guru. What’s fascinating about this story is the way it mixes science–virtual technology and string theory–with Buddhist spirituality.
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