| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"The movie's production design is the real star..." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"It's innocent and sometimes kind of charming." more... |
B- |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"Man, it's hard to make good family movies, even without talking Chihuahuas." more... |
C |
E! Online
Skylaire Alfvegren |
"That ol' liberal Hollywood bias is translated into a kiddie flick that's Brazil for tots." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron |
"If the devil is truly in the details, then City of Ember is the great cinematic Satan himself." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Jules Verne couldn't have imagined a more sinister and yet more enthralling junkyard than Ember..." more... |
B- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...likeable characters, an imaginative setting, and a fast pace." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"You long for things to go bump in the night, but the movie muffles every risk in a blanket of bland." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...an impressive and imaginative fantasy..." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...Bill Murray -- who, as Ember's lazily corrupt mayor, is not surprisingly almost worth the price of admission alone." more... |
B |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"City of Ember is at its best when sticking to a classic sci-fi-fantasy format." more... |
B- |
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