From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!lime!otuxa!nwuxc!inuxc!inuxa!rael
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: The Secret of NIMH (slight spoiler)
Article-I.D.: inuxa.120
Posted: Wed Jul 14 15:08:54 1982
Received: Fri Jul 16 00:55:13 1982

   I went to see this movie last Friday and I enjoyed it very much.
   I was hoping somebody posted a review on the net so that I could add my
comments (I don't like the responsability of a "Reviewer"). But enough
excuses, since nobody has, here's my review:

   "The Secret of NIMH" has as its main theme the struggle of a widowed mouse
trying to save her youngest child from pneumonia. Things get really complicated
when sowing time comes, since she's now living in a farmer's field and she
can't  afford to move her household because of the sick youngster.
   Faced with this dilemma, she asks advice from the dreaded Wise Owl. The
Owl tells her she should ask the rats of the rose bushes for help.
   Now this are not common rats, they are escapees from NIMH (National
Institute of Mental Health), and Mrs. Mouse's (I can't remember her name)
husband aided these rats in their escape, so they owe her one.
  
   The rest of the story you'll just have to see, but I'll give you a flavor
of what you can expect.
   The animation on the movie is excellent (alike Walt Disney at its best);
the characterization is also very good (have you ever seen a cat put Jaws to
shame?); the story is interesting and fairly well told, the major problem
with it being that is hard to tell the different level of intelligence between
animals when all of them talk and carry on like humans do; the music was too
pompous at times, but didn't ruin the rest of the film.

   To wrap things up: I wouldn't go to see this movie 10 times (like I would
for ET), but I do recommend it and I think that it is worth the price of 
admission (a little high these days...).

					Dan Vanevic
					BTL Indianapolis