City of Ember (2008)

Directed by

Gil Kenan

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, science fiction film, children's film, post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 1,917 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl and her friend live in an underground city whose generator is failing. They search for a way out before the lights go out forever.

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What happens

City of Ember is a 2008 American science fantasy film based on the 2003 novel The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. Directed by Gil Kenan, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Mary Kay Place, Bill Murray, Martin Landau, Toby Jones, and Tim Robbins. City of Ember was theatrically released on October 10, 2008, by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and was a box-office bomb, grossing $17.9 million against a budget of $55 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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