We’re then treated to an abrupt CUT TO of elementary school children entering school through metal detectors. The moment is confusing, but settle in because we are only a minute and a half into this goddamn movie. The above narration plays while a scientist in a very poorly lit lab puts magical mandala things into a magical mandala box, and then puts the magical mandala box into a portal or some shit. He had tried many times, and he knew he could only try once more. But a great scientist was trying to save us. “A long time ago the soul of our planet was sick. I’ve seen this movie three times, and I still had to look up this scene on YouTube and watch it about five more times to even try to summarize for you. Unfortunately, this moment zips by so quickly, and the mythology of the story is so bat-shit-nutso, that a viewer cannot actually internalize any of this information. The teacher then invites the children to ‘all tune in together’ and begins communicating with The Flower Children telepathically, because the director really wants us to know that mandalas are magic and so are children.Īnyway, the teacher then takes 30 seconds to try to tell us what this movie is about. The Flower Children are gathering flowers and arranging them into a mandala, which they then sit around as their teacher calls them to class. The Last Mimzy opens with a lovely overhead shot of children scampering through a field of wildflowers. I hope you enjoy our descent into Mimzy Madness. Yesterday, barely recovered from our viewing three months prior, Jacob and I sat down to re-re-view this shit for my very first 10YA. He was ready for a trip down terrible movie lane. His sense of humor is deeply informed by late night Surge -fueled Mystery Science Theatre 3000 marathons during his teen years. You see, Jacob has a beautiful soft spot for terrible movies.
I presented the trailer to my husband Jacob saying, “Do you want to watch this truly terrible children’s film? It has Rainn Wilson’s bare ass. Comcast’s On Demand services presented me with a list of Free-To-Me movies, one of which was the “children’s movie” (more on that later) The Last Mimzy, which I sort of remembered seeing many years prior. In late 2016 I was very sick and casting about for something to watch as I lay on the couch. She dares you to count how many times she uses the word “mandala” in this re-view. Actor/director/producer Jillian Boshart makes her 10YA debut with The Last Mimzy.
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