The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

The story in the book is an allegory of the Christian faith, so it is no surprise to find that secular commentators do not understand what is happening in the film. Their biggest criticism is not that there's a deeper magic, so that Aslan can be resurrected - that's all nice and mystical. Their biggest criticism is that the children are made Kings. Well that's true of the reviews I've read anyway. So what of the film itself. From what I remember it did justice to the original story. The special effects were very good. Aslan was easily believable, and the beaver was a star! So was Georgie Henley as Lucy, while the other children were OK, Georgie was very good indeed. I didn't find the white witch particularly scary, but we must remember that the story is intended for children, and too make her too scary and risk upping the certificate would have been counter productive.

So I recommend that you go see the film, and have a very enjoyable time.