I watched this with a 6,8 and 11 year old. What makes it scary is how believable the story/special effects are, as well as the emotional attachments to the toys from the future. One isn't quite sure whether these toys, which are magical and endearing, aren't really evil- especially as the kids are "controlled" by them and keep their parents in the dark. My kids (all 3) were afraid the children would be abducted and that the world of the future would kill them. There is one very very scary depiction of an alien which my 8 year old woke up terrified with. We did all love the story, and how we were truly transported from the everyday of school/ today's technology to the potential of future technology- and the lesson about the importance of keeping humanity alive. The one pathetic product placement was Intel, I must say!

I did not like this film. My 9 year old and 6 old watched it with my husband and I which helped to debunk the weird New Agey issues with the teacher and his fiancee as well as the strange beginning and end of the film. There are lots of holes in the plot which are never resolved such as what happened really in the future, what happens to Mimsy, what did the tear have to do with anything and I could go on. Not well acted or executed as a film. Disappointing.

boring movie... best part was rainn wilson from the office.

I brought my 12 yr-old and her friends to watch the movie and 3 wanted to leave midway. When sci-fi meets Tibetian beliefs, the result was a little too creepy for the younger audience. As the two young characters defy their parents and played obsessively with the strange toys, I almost wished they would all leave with the toys to the future.

I really enjoyed this movie, as did the 9 year old I had along with me. some parts were scary, but necessary to provide the impact of the issue, i.e. the FBI storming in because of a homeland security issue. It was very interesting how 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' was portrayed as having a similar experiance. Overall, great for those looking for alternative answers to the future of human life.

Made by the same people as Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, The Last Mimzy was pretty good. My 7-year-old daughter said she would have preferred not to go as some parts scared her – a lot like E.T. did. My 8 1/2-year-old son liked it. A few things made me cringe, like when the boy co-star said “School sucks.” And when a schoolmate text-messaged the answers to the test to the co-star. The co-star ended up not using the answers and got a C-, and the kid who text-messaged it got an A+. They should have explained why the co-star didn’t use the answers. I don’t think my kids caught that the schoolmate was cheating, but you never know. Also, in one scene, the supporting actor leaned in and kissed the supporting actress (his fiancée), and they said things sort of like “get lucky.” I doubt my kids know what that all meant, but again, I didn’t think it was necessary in a kids’ movie. I also felt the scene where the homeland security people burst into the family's home with weapons and grabbing the family we'd come to like was overdone. I don't believe our country would handle it that way -- I believe they would first knock and try to arrest the family peacefully. But otherwise I was fine with the movie. It made it cool to be an ultra-smart kid.

Although this movie is fine for young kids to see, I found it boring. I almost fell asleep. It wasn't action packed or anything...Nothing about it interested me. And It didn't make a lot of sense...I couldn't even really tell what the movie was all about.

This movie seemed to attack the Christian world view, by presenting a world in which eastern religion holds all the keys for understand the enlightened world of tomorrow. While I like the Sci-Fi, I thought the pagan themes were a bit troubling.