A slow, cold first half is followed by a lively, sunny second half.
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05/13/08
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
75 %
Reviews Counted: 202 Fresh: 151 Rotten:51 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Consensus:
With first-rate special effects and compelling storytelling, this adaptation stays faithful to its source material and will please moviegoers of all ages.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins
Theatrical Release: 08-12-2005
Synopsis: Director Andrew Adamson gives a new dimension to C.S. Lewis's enchanting story with this long-awaited Disney adaptation. As the story begins, Mrs. Pevensie--in order to keep her children safe during World War II--sends Lucy (Georgie Henley), Edmond (Skandar Keynes), Susan (Anna... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jim Broadbent, James McAvoy, Anna Popplewell, Georgie Henley
Director: Andrew Adamson
Screenwriter: Ann Peacock, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Producer: Mark Johnson
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Screenwriter: Ann Peacock, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Producer: Mark Johnson
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Reviews
Top Critic
This is a worthy opening salvo, a film that succeeds through the sheer weight of our expectations, and that won't disappoint younger audiences.
02/10/07
Top Critic
It’s an enjoyable adaptation and good enough for us to welcome this new franchise.
12/30/06
Top Critic
The biggest disappointment is Liam Neeson's voicing of Aslan, which has all the warmth and command of a public information film.
12/10/05
Enjoyable adaptation that looks fantastic and stays remarkably faithful to the novel, though it wobbles occasionally during the emotional scenes.
12/09/05
Top Critic
It's briskly directed for much of the way, though with no great individuality, by Andrew Adamson, a film-maker previously noted for his work in animation.
12/06/05
Top Critic
Lewis' fantasy is beautifully realised in a vast array of colourful characters and majestic scenery.
12/06/05
Top Critic
The filmmakers have gone for broke, combining spectacular imagery and rousing energy. Although it's perhaps a bit overdone.
11/25/05
The story never quite lives up to the grandeur of the visuals, and the narrative tends to drag, especially in the first half.
07/08/08
Appreciable is its willingness to tantalize with slow reveals, thus allowing its otherwise obvious religious readings to imbue themselves more fully into the unfolding narrative.
05/18/08
It is marked by a peculiarly English celebration of the Church Militant. That noted, it's also a ripping yarn.
05/17/08
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01/15/08
Certainly a feast for the eyes; once the story moves to Narnia, the film is never dull to look at.
07/14/07
The Chronicles of Narnia joins the ranks of other fantasy classics ... in creating an amazingly believable fantasy world.
07/10/07
With its crisply told narrative, excellent production values and great ensemble cast [it] is one of the best big-budget spectacles Hollywood has released this year.
03/01/07
It is spendthrift in budget yet cautious in style, steadfast in holding to Lewis's imagination yet timorous about using any of its own.
11/11/06
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