The Village Voice, December 7th, 2005
Trapped in the closet: Robust rendering of a fantasy classic
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Directed by Andrew Adamson
WaltDisney, opens December 9
Its title a verbal freight train. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe pulls into the 'plexes bearing a heavy burden of dreams. You're not buying a ticket to Narnia but investing in the future of a prospective franchise.
To revive its fortunes, Walt Disney Enterprises has hired its foremost tormenter-Shrek director Andrew Adamson-to engineer a showy ideological volte-face. More than onc...
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