Leaning to Fight For the Good Against the Evil

Rating: 8/10 (30 July 2006)

In the World War II, four children are sent by their mother to the countryside to escape from the bombing of London. While living in the old house of Professor Kirke (Jim Broadbent), the young Lucy Pevensie (Georgie Henley) finds a passage to a magic frozen kingdom, ruled by an evil witch, White Witch (Tilda Swinton), through a wardrobe. When her two brothers, Edmund Pevensie (Skandar Keynes) and Peter Pevensie (William Moseley), and her older sister Susan Pevensie (Anna Popplewell), cross the passage to Narnia, a prophecy is fulfilled and the rebel forces leaded by the lion Aslan and Peter fight against the evil witch.
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is a good story, where moral values of honesty, loyalty, sacrifice, freedom, friendship and love battle and win dishonesty, betrayal, selfishness, tyranny, betrayal and hate. The special effects are amazing, with the most weird creatures. Unfortunately the young Georgie Henley is too weak for the lead and very important role of Lucy, wasting many scenes with her constant smile. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "As Crônicas de Nárnia: O Leão, A Feiticeira e o Armário" ("The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe")