Adamson barrels the action along in an even-handed manner that should keep most of the family happy.
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10/18/08
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:22
Rotten:13
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is an entertaining family adventure worthy of the standard set by its predecessor.
Theatrical Release:May 16, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $141,614,023
Synopsis: Based on the second novel in C.S. Lewis's beloved CHRONICLES OF NARNIA series, PRINCE CASPIAN finds the four Pevensie children--Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar... [More]
Starring: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell
Director: Andrew Adamson
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Reviews for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Top CriticToo many fights, not enough magic.
05/19/08
Top CriticAt every turn, the filmmakers go for clutter and tumult where simplicity would do -- and Adamson, to put it kindly, isn’t the fleetest of action directors.
05/19/08
Top CriticPrince Caspian may be less full of innocent wonder than its predecessor, but it is a smarter, better film. Like its young stars, the Narnia franchise has, for better and worse, grown up.
05/16/08
Top CriticI wish I could be more enthusiastic about Prince Caspian, an honorable and attractive adventure for children and families. But scenic beauty and spirited action can't conceal its dramatic defects.
05/16/08
Top CriticAndrew Adamson's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a much more elaborate, ambitious picture than the 2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and it adds up to far less.
05/16/08
Top CriticWhat's important here is that Narnia -- and its fascinating all-ages mix of pagan myth and Christian symbolism, of boy's-own-adventures and Round Table heroics -- is back.
05/16/08
Top CriticAnother classic saga of deeds dastardly and swashes buckled, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian doesn't quite equal the first film, but some may find this one a less-insistent piece of pure entertainment because it isn't so overtly Christian.
05/16/08
Top CriticSure, it's a big-budget spectacle. But it's also the kind of grandly old-fashioned entertainment we don't get enough of anymore.
05/16/08
Top CriticThe struggles remain, but [director] Adamson has tweaked the plot, rejiggered the character dynamics and piled on the epic warfare. By the end I had overdosed on surly Peter, pouty Caspian and over-digitized shock-and-awe.
05/16/08
Top CriticIf there's one thing The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian accomplishes, it's this: It makes you realize just how good those Lord of the Rings movies were.
05/16/08
Top CriticSomething human is missing here, amidst all the centaurs and talking bears and mobile trees. It's the art of storytelling, which knows when to allow characters time for heartfelt interaction, when to build suspense, when to mount a climax.
05/16/08
Top CriticLike the finest fantasy epics, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian invites us into a rich realm and, at two-plus hours, holds us there for a goodly spell.
05/16/08
Top CriticWith bigger battles and scarier monsters than its predecessor, the new movie flaunts grander visual effects, and, with one notable exception, a dash more individuality than the initial installment.
05/16/08
Top CriticA muscular fantasy epic that marks a filmmaking improvement if not a leap in dramatic inspiration over 2005's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Caspian reveals this series as conceived ever more clearly as a junior-league Lord of the Rings.
05/16/08
Top CriticWhy oh why are these sequels always bigger and louder and longer and bad?
05/16/08
Top CriticPrince Caspian, like its predecessor, delivers sweeping, swashbuckling action in a handsome production, albeit one that leaves viewers feeling quite pummeled by the end of its nearly 2 1/2 -hour running time.
05/15/08
Top CriticPrince Caspian is an elaborately presented feast that will taste familiar to the 'tween and teen audience for whom it is served.
05/15/08
Top CriticChild kings and queens land in a Jacobean tragedy with The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
05/15/08
Top CriticBigger, brasher, more magical and funnier than the first.
05/15/08
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