FAMILY
Be nice to your little sister. She might save mankind. That's the message I'm taking away—the actual onscreen one was too confusing for grown-up me to fully understand and certainly will baffle many younger viewers—from this convoluted, drawn-out children's film. The Mimzy of the title is a stuffed toy rabbit that a young brother and sister (Chris O'Neil and Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) find inside a magical orb, which has been sent to Earth by a dying civilization from the future. Thanks to the bunny and other nifty objects inside the orb, these two kids develop supernatural powers. After they inadvertently plunge Seattle into a blackout, they and their parents are brought in by federal agents for questioning on suspicion of being terrorists. Nice, huh? If I were a kid, this would all be mighty mystifying and more than a little scary. But then again, the bunny is incredibly cute and cuddly. (PG)
