55
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenWhile one wishes Carré, who shares screenplay credit with Charles Spano, might have hung those stirring visuals on more involving plotting, Embers nevertheless makes a strong, not to mention timely, impression.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckEmbers strains for a philosophical profundity that eludes it. And despite its brief running time, so little actually happens in the plot that it feels much longer than it is. But the film has many resonant moments.
- 50The PlaylistJordan RuimyThe PlaylistJordan RuimyEmbers attempts to be a complicated dissection of a possible world not too far ahead of us, but it lacks the imagination to make us soar along with its vision.
- 50VarietyScott TobiasVarietyScott TobiasEmbers offers a series of compelling premises and never follows through on them, content to drift along on its characters’ dull malaise and allow self-conscious visual poetry to stand in for real emotion.