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Release Date:December 9th, 2005

Running Time: 139 minutes

U.S. Box Office: $291,709,845

Rating: PG for for battle sequences and frightening moments.

Director: Andrew Adamson

Starring: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton

Critics Reviews: 7 out of 10

Chicago Sun-Times This is a film situated precisely on the dividing line between traditional family entertainment and the newer action-oriented family films. It is charming and scary in about equal measure, and confident for the first two acts that it can be wonderful without having to hammer us into enjoying it, or else. Roger Ebert

Reelviews The film is geared primarily toward a younger audience and parents who want to have something to see with their brood. Those expecting the epic scope and depth of The Lord of the Rings will be disappointed. Both sagas are fantasies, and both feature dramatic battle scenes, but The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is sanitized. The conflict of armies is sketched rather than developed, and many of the themes are presented in easily digestible chunks. James Berardinelli

Palo Alto Online If The Lord of the Rings is a shot of whiskey, then The Chronicles of Narnia is a glass of milk. Not only is C.S. Lewis' tale a far easier read than Tolkien's trilogy, the new Disney adaptation is also the adolescent answer to Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning epic. Tyler Hanley

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