The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 210
Fresh: 160 | Rotten: 50
With first-rate special effects and compelling storytelling, this adaptation stays faithful to its source material and will please moviegoers of all ages.
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 10
With first-rate special effects and compelling storytelling, this adaptation stays faithful to its source material and will please moviegoers of all ages.
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Movie Info
Four siblings -- Edmund (Skandar Keynes), Lucy (Georgie Henley), Peter (William Moseley), and Susan (Anna Popplewell) -- are sent from their London home to the country estate of an eccentric professor in order to ensure their safety during World War II. The house is very dull, except for a large, ornate wardrobe discovered by young Lucy during a game of hide-and-seek. Venturing inside of it in the hopes of finding a hiding place, Lucy is transported to a snowy alternate universe: a magical world
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Cast
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Georgie Henley
Lucy Pevensie -
Skandar Keynes
Edmund Pevensie -
William Moseley
Peter Pevensie -
Anna Popplewell
Susan Pevensie -
Tilda Swinton
Jadis the White Witch -
James McAvoy
Mr. Tumnus -
Jim Broadbent
Professor Kirke -
Liam Neeson
Aslan -
Kiran Shah
Ginarrbrik -
James Cosmo
Father Christmas -
Judy McIntosh
Mrs. Pevensie -
Elizabeth Hawthorne
Mrs. MacReady -
Patrick Kake
Oreius -
Shane Rangi
General Otmin -
Rupert Everett
Mr. Fox -
Dawn French
Mrs. Beaver -
Richard King
Faun -
Jim May
Vardan -
Sim Evan-Jones
Wolf -
Noah Huntley
Peter (Older) -
Ray Winstone
Mr. Beaver -
Philip Steuer
Philip the Horse -
Mark Wells
Edmund (Older) -
Alina Phelan
Centaur Archer -
Stephen Ure
Satyr -
Kate O'Rourke
Hag -
Cameron Rhodes
Gryphon -
Sophie Winkleman
Susan (Older) -
Shelley Edwards
Distraught Mother -
Prapraphorn Chansantor
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Susan Haldane
Distraught Mother -
Douglas Gresham
Radio Announcer -
Russell Pickering
Faun -
Morris Lupton
Train Conductor -
Margaret Bremner
Distraught Mother -
Jaxin Hall
Soldier -
Terry Murdoch
German Pilot -
Lee Tuson
Rumblebuffin the Giant -
Elizabeth Kirk
Hag -
Felicity Hamill
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Sonya Hitchcock
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Lucy Tanner
Hag -
Tiggy Mathias
Hag -
Charles Williams
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Vanessa Cater
Centaur -
Allison Sarofim
Centaur -
Sam Lahood
Satyr -
Ajay Ratilal Navi
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Bhoja Kannada
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Zakiuddin Mohd Farooque
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M. Ramaswami
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Nikhom Nusungnern
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Doungdieo Savangvong
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Rachael Henley
Lucy (Older) -
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All Critics (211) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (160) | Rotten (50) | DVD (41)
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.
Long may it roar.
There's no fire, no passion and not much fun.
Top CriticAn entertaining, emotional, and surprisingly intimate movie.
For sheer entertainment value, and the painless imparting of values about family, loyalty and bravery, this lion in winter roars loudly.
It's a work of profound ambition, and, in adapting it for the screen, the makers of The Chronicles of Narnia don't shy away from its demands.
Neither as complex or grand as LOTR nor as accessible as Potter; still, if you can overlook the arch moralising, this is fine kids escapism.
Because it is a children's story about children it is occasionally a bit precious, but only occasionally. For the most part it is an extremely well-designed piece of fantasy that doesn't try to overwhelm the audience.
Timeless classic faithfully rendered.
So digitalized that the images start to suggest chintzy old superimpositions
Once I ignored the religious aspects, it was a very good film...
The story never quite lives up to the grandeur of the visuals, and the narrative tends to drag, especially in the first half.
It is marked by a peculiarly English celebration of the Church Militant. That noted, it's also a ripping yarn.
A slow, cold first half is followed by a lively, sunny second half.
The bigger the scope gets, the less we really care.
The good news is Director Andrew Adamson and gang have done an impressive job of adapting Lewis' admittedly simple and somewhat thin tale into a big scale motion picture, delivering impressive production values and few solid action sequences.
Certainly a feast for the eyes; once the story moves to Narnia, the film is never dull to look at.
The Chronicles of Narnia joins the ranks of other fantasy classics ... in creating an amazingly believable fantasy world.
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.
This is a worthy opening salvo, a film that succeeds through the sheer weight of our expectations, and that won't disappoint younger audiences.
It's an enjoyable adaptation and good enough for us to welcome this new franchise.
It is spendthrift in budget yet cautious in style, steadfast in holding to Lewis's imagination yet timorous about using any of its own.
My guess is that [it] will appeal to all of us in need of a jab of earnest, old-fashioned moralism to save the day
Aslan = Jesus. Now you don't have to buy a ticket.
...an engaging and visually-stimulating adaptation of the first book of Lewis' immortal seven-part Narnia series.
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Audience Reviews for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
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- Peter Pevensie: Don't worry Lu, we'll be home soon.
- Edmund Pevensie: If home's still there.
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- Jadis the White Witch: You know, Aslan, I'm a little disappointed in you. Did you honestly think by all this that you could save the human traitor? You are giving me your life and saving no one. So much for love. Tonight, the Deep Magic will be appeased, but tomorrow, we will take Narnia forever! In that knowledge, despair... and die!
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- Jadis the White Witch: Your brother, is he unintelligent?
- Edmund Pevensie: Well, I think so.
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- Peter Pevensie: For Narnia, and for Aslan!
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- Edmund Pevensie: Whoa, Horsey.
- Philip the Horse: My name is Philip.
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- Mrs. Beaver: It's the world, dear. Did you expect it to be small?
- Susan Pevensie: Smaller.
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