my 11 year old son and i enjoy this movie very much and perhaps because neither of u have read the book . visually it be a treat to visit ember and a handmade city with no car and creative clothing and house and a community where everyone know you . it just look so interesting . the movie get off to a quick start and give just enough back story to get the mystery of the plot go . i think it be predictable from the beginning that the kid will find a way out and but how they piece together the clue and the specific of their escape be unravel in excite bit and piece . the suspense work on two level will they find the way out before the city collapse and will they find the way out before the law stop them . while all the actor do a fine job and i particularly enjoyed saoirse a lina . and the girl who play poppy be adorable . my son say the same thing a other reviewer about the end he would have like to have see the whole town pour out into the light .