I film, while exciting, is not the vision of the book.

Rating: 7/10 (23 April 2002)

Perhaps I have come to expect that this film would mirror the book, but instead the book has been "hollywoodized". About 2 hours in, myself (and my son) continued to ask "when is this over? Is it over already?"
Ian and Elijah give good performances, and the special effects are excellent. However, I expected more from one of the childhood tales that I will never forget.