Ultimately, we’re left with too many unanswered questions as to Mimzy’s origins and the overall purpose of some of the toys. Particularly because the ending never justifies the glacial pace, since the climax doesn’t really have anything to do with the first hour of the film. At first, the strange toys and talents the children acquire are fascinating, but after seeing Emma molecularize her hand with the spinning rocks six times, we’re not that impressed. Like so many sci-fi movies, The Last Mimzy has an incredibly interesting set-up but winds up asking the audience to suspend their disbelief just a little too much…and I’m not just talking about buying Michael Clarke Duncan as an FBI counter-terrorist agent. With the FBI now on their trails, Noah and Emma work with Noah’s eccentric science teacher to try to discover Mimzy’s purpose before it’s too late. As they struggle to discover the source of their children’s newfound talents, Noah accidentally creates a generator that blacks out the entire city. Wilder begin to think that something suspicious is going on. Meanwhile, the children begin to display an extraordinary level of intelligence (every parent’s nightmare!) and Mr.
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