My Movie Reviews

Release Date: 10 October 2008
Time: 1 hr 30 min
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Rating: PG
My Rating: G
Starring: Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway
Grade: B+

Synopsis: Monster House director Gil Kenan takes the helm for this children's fantasy about two young heroes who attempt to solve an ancient mystery in time to prevent their underground city from being swallowed by darkness. The City of Ember was built over 200 year ago, deep below the earth, where the destruction of a mass-scale disaster couldn't reach it. Equipped with a massive generator and vast supplies, the people of Ember have thrived happily for generations -- but the city wasn't meant to be lived in forever. The generator is breaking down and the supplies are running out, but two centuries in isolation have robbed the Emberites of their knowledge -- nobody knows how the electric lights work anymore, and nobody understands that there's something beyond the city besides darkness. Nobody, that is, besides Lina (Saoirse Ronan) and Doon (Harry Treadaway), two teenagers who still have the hope that everyone else has lost to ignorance and apathy -- not to mention a sheet of instructions left by the Builders themselves explaining how to leave the city. But the 200-year-old paper is falling apart, and pieces are missing. So with the lights threatening to flicker out for the last time and leave Ember in darkness forever, Lina and Doon set out on an adventure through the streets, sewers, and dark caverns of Ember to put the pieces back together. To solve the mystery, they'll have to get inside the Builders' heads, and avoid the grasp of corrupt Mayor Cole (Bill Murray), who wants to keep Ember the way it is -- no matter what the cost. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

My Review: I had never read the book before watching the film but I have added it to my list of reads now. This film was a lot of fun and the pace was very good - not too slow and not too fast. The acting was average with nothing too amazing and the story was a lot of fun. Another big plus is how clean this movie is.

Recommend: This one is great for the kids. They will enjoy it a lot and parents will as well. You can watch it without the kids as well and still enjoy it. Check it out.