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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