The Secret of Nimh

1982 • 82 minutos

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Mrs. Brisby, a widowed mouse, lives in a cinder block with her children on the Fitzgibbon farm. She is preparing to move her family out of the field they live in as plowing time approaches, however her son Timothy has fallen ill, and moving him could prove fatal. Mrs. Brisby visits The Great Owl, a wise creature who advises her to visit a mysterious group of rats who live beneath a rose bush on the farm. Upon visiting the rats, Brisby meets Nicodemus, the wise and mystical leader of the rats, and Justin, a friendly rat who immediately becomes attached to Mrs. Brisby. While there, she learns that her late husband, Mr. Jonathon Brisby, along with the rats, was a part of a series of experiments at a place known only as N.I.M.H. (revealed earlier in the story as the National Institute of Mental Health). The experiments performed on the mice and rats there boosted their intelligence, allowing them to read without being taught and to understand things such as complex mechanics and electricity. The rats and Mr. Brisby escaped from N.I.M.H. and came to live on the Fitzgibbon farm. The rats created a home for themselves under Mrs. Fitzgibbon's rose bush, creating an elaborate habitation of beautiful chambers, elevators, and Christmas lights. However, the rats are unhappy in their dependence on the humans, who they are stealing electricity from, and have concocted a plan to leave the farm and live independently. Because of her husband's prior relationship with the rats, they agree to help Mrs. Brisby move her home out of the path of the plow. However, the evil Jenner and his unwilling accomplice Sullivan, who wish to remain beneath the rose bush, yet plot to kill Nicodemus during the move.

Calificaciones y opiniones

First to the "not like the book" haters: it's called "creative liberties". Look at the Peter Jackson version of the Tolkien books. Now for those whining about the Frisby to Brisby change, had to avoid possible copyright lawsuits (frisbee and all that). Now, the movie is great. Has what draws in the kids (splended animation, talking animals), but has a dark story and overtone adults appreciate.

From when I was a child, but holy firetruck is this movie superb and splendid. It's a cartoon movie where a female protagonist goes up against impossible odds and a corrupt government research agency to save her family and free her people. It's pretty timely and realistic, except for its being about a talking lab mouse (a talking adorable lab mouse mom).

This movie is one that creates a world of it's own. It's power and mystery is what sparked my imagination as a child, coming back to it years later is just fantastic. Maybe not a young children's movie, but one every kid form 12 up should see, it is just too good not to. I know one thing , this is a movie my kids are gonna watch.