Superb, Majestic, and Fabulous Children's Fantasy Film

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2019)

11 December 2005. One of the best, if not the best children' fantasy film I've experienced. This lavish fantasy begins and ends with realism in a fantasy world. Each of the children are real, their interactions with each other are real. The performances and the relationships are not softened by major studio glossy acting, but engender a heart-felt, emotional gut feeling. There aren't any kiddy scenes, but good juvenile experiences awash from the movie screen. The White Witch is a superbly cold figure in the movie providing it with a great backdrop for children to experience a sincere picture of evil, iciness. This movie even though enveloped in white snow is no whitewash. It treats the rapidly maturing children of our age with a valuable dose of ethical insight, with hope, and inspiration as role-models.
The cinematic approach reminiscent of "The Secret Garden" (1993), and "In America" (2002), The Chronicles of Naria (2005) plays it straight even though its set mostly in a fantasy land, much to its credit. This is a fabulous, personal epic, that is both majestic and intimate. With the exception with how death is ultimately played out in this movie, this movie feels like a classic. Nine out of Ten Stars.