Plot synopsis
A future civilisation is being wiped out due to their DNA having been corrupted by chemicals.
Their scientists send a cuddly rabbit called Mimzy back through time to hopefully collect a healthy DNA sample that they can merge with theirs to save their race.
After several failed attempts, there is only time for one last attempt. So, they send the last Mimzy back to 2007 in a box with other toys, which all have mysterious powers.
A young girl, called Emma, finds these toys on a beach with Noah, her brother. They experiment with them and gain extraordinary talents.
Mimzy is full of advanced electronics, which enables it to communicate telepathically with Emma. At one point she sheds a tear on Mimzy, which is the DNA sample it needs.
The children work out how to activate the toys, and this creates a wormhole back to the future through which Mimzy returns to save the future human race from extinction.
My comments
Note that the scientists were not able to send any living being through the wormhole. This is another one of those movies where we do not see if there are any consequences.
This is because the movie ends before Mimzy returns to the future. However, the movie infers that the mission was finally successful.
Summary of time travel
The scientists send several Mimzies back over a period of time and each one fails to gain a DNA sample.
However, they do not cause the future generation’s present to alter, which means that any divergence causes to the timeline converged back again.
The last Mimzy was successful, which infers that they are able to change their destiny by causing the timeline to diverge towards a different future.
Category of time travel
Science fiction: creating wormholes.
Model of time
Open past, open future with a converging timeline.
