2005 · fantasy · adventure · family
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Directed by Andrew Adamson2h 23m2005
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.
Our read: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive fantasy · adventure · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured fantasy / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- redemptive
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