The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
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Critic Consensus: Its leisurely, businesslike pace won't win the franchise many new fans, but Voyage of the Dawn Treader restores some of the Narnia franchise's lost luster with strong performances and impressive special effects.
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Cast
as Lucy Pevensie
as Edmund Pevensie
as Caspian
as Aslan
as Eustace Scrubb
as Drinian

as Lord Bern
as Lord Rhoop
as Coriakin

as Liliandil
as The White Witch
as Susan Pevensie
as Peter Pevensie
as Reepicheep
as Tavros
as Rhince

as Gael
as Gael's Mum

as Faun

as 1st Mate

as Slave Trader

as Intake Officer
as Chief Dufflepud

as Dufflepud #2

as Dufflepud #3

as Dufflepud #4
as Caspian's Father

as Young Man

as Telmarine Sailor

as Steward

as Photographer

as Slaver #1

as Slaver #2

as Gael's Aunt

as Minotaur

as Handsome Soldier

as Pretty Young Nurse

as Trader

as First Mate
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Critic Reviews for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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Not quite a must-see, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is nonetheless a sturdy outing with many of the charms that have become franchise trademarks.
Could be an optical illusion, but it seems that a flat, dull movie shot in 3-D just looks flatter and duller.

The visual splendor is still there, in moderate amounts.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is still very much a "Narnia" movie. In other words, it's filled with fantastical creatures, bloodless battles, quasi-mystical undercurrents and an unfortunate helping of hooey.
Despite some rejiggering of the book's plot, it's a film that should please Narnia fans and, if it does well, may lead to the return of Eustace in the next installment, The Silver Chair. Here's hoping.
The 3-D effects are standard, the children and the prince are a bit bland, and Michael Apted's direction veers into listlessness, but there is, at times, a pleasing elegance to the production, too. It doesn't assault you.
Audience Reviews for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
This movie has such a great production design that it almost makes me forget how lame the story is. The characters are poorly developed, the plot confusing, drifting from one scene to the next without any cohesion, and the religious allegory is now even more obvious, resorting many times to an "Aslan ex machina" that is really frustrating.
Super Reviewer
The third part of C.S. Lewis children fantasy novels has only half of the Pevensie kids return to the magic kingdom of Narnia as Prince Caspian, known from part two, requires their help in a search for disappeared lords and abducted slaves. The third human involuntarily joining the adventure is cousin Eustace, an over the top and rather annoying character for the first half of the film. The special effects, production design and locations are top notch, the film looks much better than its predecessors in pretty much every regard. The plot is only somewhat interesting but at least sends the characters to colorful and spectacular locations. The entertaining but somewhat clichéd first half of the film surprisingly comes around in the final act and a really spectacular and fun showdown, the best Narnia film sequence to date. Here, even Eustace finds purpose and redeems himself. The ending is also rather sweet and touching. Kids probably won't be bothered by the rather simplistic dialogs of the first half anyway and enjoy the entire adventure whole-heartedly.
Super Reviewer
I'd read in my Entertainment Weekly magazine about how boring they (or that editor) thought it was, but I rather enjoyed it start to finish, myself.
Super Reviewer
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Quotes
Eustace Scrubb: | Note to self: investigate legal ramifications for impaling relatives. |
Eustace Scrubb: | What were those things? |
Coriakin: | Dufflepuds. |
Eustace Scrubb: | Right, of course. Silly me. |
Eustace Scrubb: | What were those things? |
Coriakin: | Dufflepuds. |
Eustace Scrubb: | Right, of course. Silly me. |
Lucy Pevensie: | Will you come and visit us in our world? |
Aslan: | I shall be watching you always. |
Lucy Pevensie: | How? |