Film

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005

Directed by Andrew Adamson

  • Adventure, Family, Fantasy
  • 143 min
  • PG

The beloved masterpiece comes to life.

Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.

AdventureFamilyFantasywitchsibling relationshipsaving the worldbased on novel or bookself sacrificewinterfairy taleallegorycupboardbeaverlionsurrealism

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Earnest, epic, classical in form and resolved.

  • earnestironic
  • intimateepic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • gravecomic

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