Storyline
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.
Directors
Cast
Toby Jones, Mackenzie Crook, Tim Robbins, Bill Murray, B.J. Hogg, Mary Kay Place, Martin Landau, Saoirse Ronan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ian McElhinney, Lorraine Hilton, David Ryall, Lucinda Dryzek, Liz Smith, Harry Treadaway, Matt Jessup, Lara McIvor, Myles Thompson, Rachel Morton, Conor MacNeill, Eoin McAndrew
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Reviews
75
Chicago Tribune
If older kids and adults seek out this picture, which 20th Century Fox and Walden Media clearly aren't sure how to sell, they may well find themselves drawn into a subterranean world of considerable imagination.
75
City of Ember has almost anything one could want from a science fiction-based family adventure film: likeable characters, an imaginative setting, and a fast pace.
75
It scores few points for originality, but it's a fuzzier, less pretentious and more enjoyable movie.
75
The A.V. Club
Ember is seldom riveting, but it's consistently compelling, and its uncompromising literal and metaphorical darkness renders its climax enormously satisfying.
70
It's not an entirely convincing trip, but it is the sort of satisfying movie you wished they would make more often.
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