Ember - Il mistero della città di luce

Gil Kenan's sci-fi feature is set in a subterranean city where inhabitants won't leave

The exasperated rumble of dying machinery -- to our pampered ears, the sound of civilization ending -- is the aural backdrop of "City of Ember," a grim fantasy about a cloistered subterranean metropolis that wants to be both a kids' adventure and a dystopian finger-wag. That director Gil Kenan's second feature -- following the snappy motion-capture animated film "Monster House" -- never quite succeeds as either is a shame for all the dazzling craftsmanship brought forth from its production team. [...]

di Robert Abele, articolo completo (3009 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 10 ottobre 2008