Nothing like rodents acting!

Rating: 9/10 (11 December 2005)

Chronicles of Narnia is a fantastic film. The children are very well cast, each has very distinctive and believable differences and characteristics (plus I couldn't help but adore little Lucy, her cuteness is lethal!) Narnia itself is very well done. Through great sets, locations and special effects it gives the strong feeling of an unearthly fantasy land.
My single favorite aspect of this film was this: animals giving realistic acting! When the children meet the beaver couple, the performance those beavers, and all the other animated animals is totally believable. Their facial expressions and body language are very natural and believable. After seeing this I can't help but feel a Redwall film is not far away.
The only problem I have with this film regards the lead-up to battle scene. I do not remember how it was done in the book, but I feel the film could have benefited from a few minuets of army-gathering and arming. Peter Jackson said the build up of armies adds tension and anticipation to the film and I have to agree, here it feels like "ok kids, heres your armies, have fun!" Other then this, I loved this film.