City of EmberOverview and Synopsis

  • City of Ember
  • Opened October 10, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 35 min.
  • PG
    mild peril and some thematic elements
  • 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 Read More
  • Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Martin Landau, Mary Kay Place
  • Director: Gil Kenan
  • Genres: Children's Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure, Children's/Family

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  • Harry Treadaway in "City of Ember."
  • Saoirse Ronan in "City of Ember."
  • Saoirse Ronan on the set of "City of Ember."

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  • Saorise Ronan at the New York premiere of "City of Ember."
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  • LOVE IT!!!
    by BballBlonde

    This movie is fantastic!!! It was very well done. Its also a good clean family movie with only one slightly scary part. It is rare now days to find a movie without foul language, but here is a...Read More

  • City Of Ember
    by 775

    Very good....Read More

  • Into the darkness
    by ciscokidfpm

    I thought the movie did well by the book. I had to leave the theater, so I didn't get to see the ending. But the actors were not too engaging. The set was great though.Bill Murray was perhaps not...Read More

  • cool
    by ljihfkhdfkghdc

    kinda scary movie when giant moles came. wonderful adventure. loved it....Read More

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City of Ember Critic Reviews

  • "a grim fantasy about a cloistered subterranean metropolis that wants to be both a kids' adventure and a dystopian finger-wag." Los Angeles Times

    - Robert Abele

  • "...at its best when sticking to a classic sci-fi-fantasy format. But when it tries to be a generic thrill ride, it loses its originality and peculiar charm." USA Today

    - Claudia Puig

  • "...would have functioned better as a five-minute theme-park ride than as a 94-minute family film." Variety

    - Justin Chang

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