City of Ember, based on a book of the same name by Jeanne DuPrau, opens at the end of the world.
Scientists and "builders" have created a city underground to house a few people and keep them safe until the earth heals itself and they can live on the surface once again.
The instructions on how to leave the city are placed in a box with a timer so that the box can not be opened till the 200 years is up, this box is handed from Mayor to Mayor who are the only people that know of the importance of the box. Unfortunatley with only 47 years left before they can leave the current and 7th Mayor dies unexpectadley without having passed on the information of the box.
The box is swept aside by the grieving family and after the 200 years has passed it opens without notice waiting, forgotten.
Now it is year 247 and Ember is falling apart and food supplies are running short.
Lina and Doon strike up a friendship on their mutual assignment day, where graduates are assigned their future jobs. Doon switches his assigned job with Lina and Lina rushes home to tell her granny and comes home to quite a debarcle. Rescuing some old paper from her little sister Poppy, Lina discovers the old box that her grandmother tells her is important though she can't remember why.
Lina sets on an adventure of deciphering the meaning of the box and its contents enlisting Doons' help.
A sweet little tale of desperation and survival.
The world building is wonderful, though the world isn't that big as the occupants of the city have never set foot outside the city. They live on canned goods and reply on old technology. Fresh food is rare as they are miles under the ground and no one has seen the sun in over 200 years.
Staring Bill Murray as the present day Mayor, Tim Robbins as Doons father with Saoirse Ronan as Lina and Harry Treadaway as Doon.
Very enjoyable movie even in its pradictable moments.
★★★★
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