Moral Assessment Abhorrent Disturbing Acceptable Wholesome   Exemplary Technical Assessment Poor Below average Average Above average Excellent CINEMA Rating Guide VA For viewers of all ages V13 For viewers age 13 and below with parental guidance V14 For viewers 14 and above V18 For mature viewers 18 and above NP Not for public viewing

Title: NARNIA Running Time:  139 mins Lead Cast: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Liam Neeson (voice) Director:  Andrew Adamson Producers: Mark Johnson, Philip Steur Screenwriters: Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen Mcfeely Music: Harry Gregson-Williams Editor:    Genre: Fantasy Cinematography:  Donald McAlpine Distributor: Walt Disney Location:  England Technical Assessment:    Moral Assessment:    CINEMA Rating:   For viewers 13 and below with parental guidance   To keep them away and protected from the Nazi air raids, the Pevensie children—Lucy (Georgie Henly), Edward (Skandar Keynes), Edmund (William Moseley), and Susan (Anna Popplewell)—are evacuated from London and sent to live in the huge country house of an eccentric professor (Jim Broadbent). One day, while playing hide-and-seek, Lucy, the youngest, enters a veiled armoire to hide but instead walks into a wintry landscape where she is befriended by Mr. Tumnus, a faun (James McAvoy).  She returns home to tell of her experience but nobody believes her, until her brother Edmund sees for himself the truth of Lucy's story.  Then all Pevensie children venture into the magical world of mythical creatures and talking animals to rescue Mr. Tumnus who is imprisoned for fraternizing with Lucy.  They eventually get involved in a fight and take the side of Narnia's lion Aslan (voice of Liam Neeson) against the evil White Witch (Tilda Swinton). C.S. Lewis' beloved children's fantasy, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was first published in 1950 and has since been made into a stage production, television series and animated feature.  Disney's $150-million adaptation of this first of the seven chronicles is a cinematic marvel that amazes us with fantastic computerized images that enhance instead of upstage the human presence in the film.  It is an imaginative but faith-friendly film that remains true to the adventure story and truly delivers Lewis's message of heroism. Author C. S. Lewis is said to have believed that anything worth reading will be appreciated by everyone, whether he is aged 5 or 50. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe proves Lewis is right about believing so. Young and old alike will find meaning in the film which is replete with religious symbols that are unmistakably Christian. Aslan the lion is Christ-like in his being "a willing victim ... killed in a traitor's stead"—he is slain in a ritual on a stone table, but he also resurrects, first witnessed by women, and revives with his breath the Narnians that had been turned to stone under the spell of the White Witch.   (Date Reviewed: 13 January 2006)