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Dominican Rep. The Secret of NIMH
- Original title
- The Secret of NIMH
- Year
- 1982
- Running time
- 82 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Elizabeth Hartman
Derek Jacobi
Arthur Malet
Dom DeLuise
Hermione Baddeley
Shannen Doherty
Wil Wheaton- Jodi Hicks
- Ian Fried
John Carradine
Peter Strauss
Paul Shenar- Tom Hatten
Lucille Bliss
Aldo Ray- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Animation
- Producer
- Genre
- Animation. Adventure. Kids | Animals. Rodents
- Movie Groups
- NIMH | Robert C. O’Brien Adaptations
- Synopsis
- 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. (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.- Critics' reviews
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"A bouncy, witty, pleasurably scary children's movie that adults will enjoy more than they may care to confess."
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"An ambitious and entertaining debut that will delight and terrify kids"
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"Resourceful and valiant though unsuccessful attempt to revive the kind of animated feature identified with the Golden Age of Walt Disney"
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