Ember - Il mistero della città di luce

Fleeing a Dying Civilization, Toward Hope and Sunlight

To watch the talents of Saoirse Ronan, the brilliant young actress from “Atonement,” being wasted in the science-fiction juvenilia of “City of Ember” is to be reminded that a powerful performance needs an equivalent screenplay. In “City of Ember,” she has nothing to work with.
Ms. Ronan, who is 14, and the dimple-chinned 24-year-old heartthrob Harry Treadaway portray Lina and Doon, best pals fleeing a subterranean dystopia guided by the kind of cryptic instructions found in the “National Treasure” movies. [...]

di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (3538 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 10 Ottobre 2008