The Secret of NIMH (1982)

• Year: 1982
• Released: 16 Jul 1982
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 1 win & 2 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084649/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_secret_of_nimh
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-of-nimh
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: G
• Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama
• Runtime: 82 min
• Writer: Robert C. O’Brien, Don Bluth, John Pomeroy
• Director: Don Bluth
• Cast: Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Dom DeLuise
• Keywords: secret, widow, illness, mouse, crow,

	7.5/10
	76/100

The Secret of NIMH Storyline

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, but 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. She visits the rats and meets Nicodemus, the wise, 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, plot to kill Nicodemus during the move.

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The Secret of NIMH Movie Reviews

Go rent NIMH. You won’t be disappointed.

The Secret of NIMH is powerful, dramatic and has great originality. The animation is excellent and stylish, and complements the mystical storyline.

The plot is complex and beyond your average toddler. This is a film for older kids and adults, anyone who enjoys a unique film experience and is looking for deviation from the expected norms of an animated film.

Truly ahead of its time, NIMH is a must – It’s become a classic and is not at all childish, as one might predict for animation. There are no musical numbers, just an exciting, vibrant score that follows the action perfectly. Clear your brain of prejudgments and animation stereotypes, and then go rent The Secret of NIMH. It is an ultimately rewarding film.

gorgeous animation and production values undercut by stupid and paranoid story

This was the first Don Bluth release after he left Disney to form his own production company. And, as a first effort, there was much to be proud of. For the 1980s, this animation was better than the most recent Disney cartoon offerings–as the Disney animation studio was moribund and would not for several more years once again emerge as a giant in the industry.

Richly textured backgrounds and smooth animations were seen throughout the film and yet it only merits a score of 5. Why? Because the plot is so horrid. It was a paranoid little story in which you find out NIMH refers to “The National Institute of Mental Health” (a subsidiary of the government organization NIH). As the story unfolds, it seems that the older mice in the story had escaped from the evil scientists at NIMH who were doing diabolical experiments on mice!! This was like a propaganda film from either PETA or the Scientologists, as the mice discuss the horrors that the experienced at the hands of the government! What a crock to lay on our children–just entertain them, don’t attempt to brainwash them!!

Don Bluth’s Masterpiece!

I will confess I saw this for the first time today on YouTube, and I loved it. I always said that Anastasia and American Tail were the best of Bluth’s movies, but I now think that this beats them both.The story is very dark and mysterious but magical all the same. The animation is just stunning, with beautiful backgrounds and excellent character animation. Brutus is a little frightening though, or his animation is, so is the scene with the great owl, which is inredibly haunting. The music by the wonderful late Jerry Goldsmith is phenomenal, very reminiscent of his score for the Eurpean version for Legend (the Ridley Scott film). The song I think it’s called Flying Dreams is heart-rending, and just shows the talent the man had, and I am grateful that there weren’t too many songs to interrupt the flow. The characters are very well done, the brave yet timid Mrs Brisby, the dashing Justin, the villainous Jenner, the wise Nicodemus and the wise-cracking Jeremy. Nicodemus and Jeremy are very impressive, voiced wonderfully by Derek Jacobi and Dom Deluise, and Jenner while not as sinister and frightening a villain as Hexxus, Chernabog or the Horned King, he is still very convincing. Oh, and the scenes with Mrs Brisby’s children and Auntie Shrew brought some fun into a dark story, and didn’t interfere too much, and Elizabeth Hartmann gives a sorrowful and poignant portrayal as Mrs Brisby. I haven’t read the book in its entirety, but I do remember my year 6 primary school teacher reading the chapter when Mrs Brisby(or Frisby in the book) meets Brutus for the first time. All in all, a beautiful film, and I am sorry it has taken me so long to see it. I advice you to avoid the sequel though, it’s awful. 10/10 Bethany Cox