Thanks to Peter Jackson and his "The Lord of the Rings" epics, special effects technology has finally caught up with the creative imagination of writers like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. It also doesn't hurt that Hollywood studios will eagerly try to imitate any big success. That's why Disney is boldly sticking its big toe into Jackson's pool and releasing "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Read the full review
While playing a game of hide and seek in the rural country home of an elderly professor, Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter enter the fantastic world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe. The children discover a land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs, and giants.
Director: Andrew Adamson
Cast: Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, James Cosmo, Jim Broadbent, Elizabeth Hawthornetie Holmes, Cillian Murphy
Run time: 132 minutes
Release date: Dec. 9, 2005
Rating: PG for battle sequences and frightening moments.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B
"Like the first 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Harry Potter,' 'Narnia' primes moviegoers to wonder what the next chapter will bring."
Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"While not soft-pedaling the book's moral, the movie plays like a standard spectacle of big-bucks Hollywood secularism. Indulgent and too long by a full 20 minutes, it esteems magnificence over message, though both often mesh."
The Palm Beach Post: B
"Largely faithful, sober rendering of Lewis, supplemented by a few additional action sequences and frequent celestial choir outbursts."
The Palm Beach Post "Flick Chick"
"News flash: Disney didn't screw up The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — in fact, it's nearly perfect! Wonders never cease."
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