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Fleeing a Dying Civilization, Toward Hope and Sunlight
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: October 10, 2008
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. More
