Film

The Secret of NIMH 1982

Directed by Don Bluth

  • Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family
  • 83 min
  • G

Right before your eyes, and beyond your wildest dreams.

A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.

AdventureAnimationDramaFamilyFantasyMysteryScience Fictionwidowmousevillaincrowillnessplayfulgood versus eviladmiring

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Character

Earnest, classical in form, resolved and meticulous.

  • earnestironic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • rawmeticulous
  • gravecomic

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 2The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 12 / 1The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 22The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 22The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 11The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 11The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 11The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

21 profiled raters. Loved most by The Ironists; disliked most by The Genre Devotees.

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