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Information
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 90 min.
- Director
- Gil Kenan
- Genres
- Adventure, Fantasy, Family
- Rating *
- 6.5
- Votes *
- 44,871
- Checks
- 3,319
- Favs
- 106
- Dislikes
- 58
- Favs/checks
- 3.2% (1:31)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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Houdini
I agree with previous guy, it started of as though it would be a nice surprise but not much drama no real climax.
I don't understand why the two kids are the only ones that care about the degenerating situation. 13 years ago -
jianxiong
Having read the book prior to watching the movie, I felt that the movie cut out quite a bit of the details which were, for me, the most compelling parts of the story. The movie was unable to fully develop the characters and plot; any attempts to do so were also quite weak, which would explain the comments on the boring bits.
The movie also introduces some additional out-of-this-world elements
, giving the movie a fairy tale/magical twist which I felt ruined the plot's "credibility".
However, I think the movie set and props were great and the visuals were commendable. Great job also by Saoirse as Lina and Harry as Doon.
This movie is worth a watch, just don't expect too much and enjoy being temporarily transported into the City of Ember. You can expect better from reading the book! 11 years 4 months ago -
