Review of City of Ember (2008) by Zpocz — 01 Feb 2009
A visually impressive kids movie that forgoes the patronizing, condescending tone most hollywood movies aimed at children take. instead, it delivers an interesting story and it even manages to provide food for thought for kids you might hope grow up to be aware of the fallacies of authority gone unchecked and unquestioned, and dangers of complacency.
the story is in the form of a fable, so if you're looking for logical consistency then i'd suggest looking elsewhere (but really, if that's what you care about in a kids movie i'd suggest rethinking your priorities.
..) the plot is indeed a little bigger than the movie has room for, but it still succeeds, overall, in telling a compelling, entertaining story. unfortunately, this movie was a flop, but I have the feeling it'll be a cult classic in 10 years.
This review of City of Ember (2008) was written by Zpocz on 01 Feb 2009.
City of Ember has generally received mixed reviews.
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