The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005)
Anna Popplewell, Georgie Henley, James McAvoy
Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.
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PG, 2 hrs. 12 min.
Directed by:
Andrew Adamson
Release Date: Dec 09, 2005
DVD Release Date: Apr 04, 2006
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Good stuff for kids and families, but I prefer my fantasy with a little more of an edge.
OK, nothing spectacular. it is a classic book series. I wish they could have made it as good as the books are.
The. Best. Portrayal. Of. Narnia. EVER!!!! Seriously, this movie was so good; it got me into the series all over again!
Love this movie, obsessed with the Narnia series. the books were much better than the movie, but i still like it.
I was dissappointed with this screen adaptation of the beloved books don't know where they found the actors to play the children but I'm positive I could have done a better job.
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This PG-rated movie feels safe and constricted in a way the story never does on the page. It leaves out the deep magic of a good movie, or a good sermon: the feeling that something vital is at stake.full review
An entertaining, emotional, and surprisingly intimate movie.full review
It's a sturdy adaptation, and if The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe doesn't capture the magic of C.S. Lewis' books, it comes a fair sight close to catching it.full review
It's magic, but not the loud, shiny kind: It has the texture of worn velvet, or a painstakingly hand-knit sweater stored away for years in tissue paper.full review
This honorable adaptation of C. S. Lewis's novel has much of the power and charm of the source.
Grown-up children who remember our own travels in Narnia will find that many of the details resonate beautifully.full review
The effects in this movie are so skillful that the animals look about as real as any of the other characters.full review
Even the climactic fight between Peter's army of truth and the Witch's bevy of demons has an air of heraldic artifice, as if we were witnessing not a brawl to the death, red in tooth and claw, but an enamelled clash of ideas.full review
To say that it's all more than a bit simplistic and heavy-handed would be a severe understatement.full review
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