Thoroughly enjoyable.

Rating: 8/10 (4 January 2006)

I went to see this film with a mixture of trepidation and anticipation as The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe was a favourite childhood book. I am pleased to say it did not disappoint as it certainly caught the flavour and spirit of childhood memories. The child actors were on the whole excellent and not irritating as I feared they may be. The animated/CGI animals were also very good and the casting of Ray Winstone and Dawn French as the beaver voices was inspired. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable film, and I can not wait for the next instalment of the Narnia chronicles. One point I would add is that at the showing I went to there were a number of young children as young as 5 or 6 in my opinion it is not really suitable for such young children.