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Rating: 3/10 (25 November 2006)

I was only a small child when the BBC aired the Chronicles of Narnia mini-series, and I loved it (still do), with dodgy special effects terrible animation, but with a cast of true actors supporting the endeavour.
This incarnation of the chronicles of Narnia however, failed to deliver. And failed spectacularly.
The story (after the novel suffered the usual hack n slash for time constraints) is lukewarm and the actors (all but Tilda Swinton) are at best deficient at worst they are not actors at all.
The children are especially unconvincing (if you compare them with the actors in the Harry Potter movies, you shall spot the difference immediately) Direction is neither bad nor good the director fails to visualise the fairy tale land in Lewis' novels (and in the BBC series), there is nothing in scenes which screams NARNIA.
A combination of both bad acting and so-so direction, there are scenes where you should hold your breath as adrenalin gushes into your veins, but their movie adaptation simply bores you to sleep.
Musicwise, there isn't a proper music-score, nothing which this movie can be identified by, as is the case with Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.
The only reason I am giving it 3 is for a good performance by Swinton (a good Shakespearean actress), and for some good choices (again for Swinton as Jadis) made by the vestiary. Take those out and Disney managed to add another flop in their 20 year history of consecutive flops ( excluding Little Mermaid) In a nutshell DON'T WATCH IT!!!