The Secret of Nimh

1982 • 82 minutes

À propos de ce film

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.

Notes et avis

I remember falling in love with this wonderful movie as a young girl & it was unforgettable To me it's so underated it should be seen by everyone from the young to the old What I don't get is how they want so much money to watch it on here surely they could do it cheaper? I've been trying to find a copy everywhere but sadly no luck yet will keep trying though because I want my grandson's to see the wonderful animation Love love love it 💜😃❤️

A happy story about rats that were tortured and ruthlessly experimented on? Sorry, but the humanist, altruistic garbage being slung at this masterwork is ridiculous at best. This is Don Bluth at his finest, loosely adapting a midtier children's book into a dark and moving tale of love and sacrifice. There is a plot, there is a story and, like Watership Down, there is a very real series of consequences in the wake of a prolonged existence of subsistence and dependance. Highly recommended.

Mrs. Frisbe And The Rats Of Nimh was my favorite book when I was kid. I hated this movie when I watched it because it ruined everything. Not to mention it is was to violent and scary for a kids movie. Seriously, somebody is stabbed to death on screen.