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Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The
EMAILPRINTWalt Disney Pictures, Walden Media

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 34 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure | Family/Kids | Fantasy
Written by:
C.S. Lewis (novel)
Stephen McFeely
Christopher Markus
Andrew Adamson
Directed by: Andrew Adamson
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 16, 2008
DVD: December 2, 2008
Running Time: 140 minutes, Color
Origin: UK | USA
Summary
RATING: PG for epic battle action and violence
Starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes, Peter Dinklage, Warwick Davis, and Vincent Grass
One year after the incredible events of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the kings and queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway, wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1,300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has passed, and Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy. The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character: Narnia's rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding because his uncle Miraz plots to kill him so he can place his own newborn son on the throne. (Walt Disney Pictures)
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FILM: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
A glorious medieval war movie. It's about war as the ultimate pitch of conflict that tries men's souls, and women's, too.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
The film's pronounced split between violence and softness notwithstanding, Prince Caspian is finally a more polished effort than "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and squarely in the tradition of the kind of teenage movies the Disney organization used to make before teens discovered horror and gore.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Even with all the CGI effects, this darkly emotional movie feels like the anti-"Speed Racer." Sure, it's a big-budget spectacle. But it's also the kind of grandly old-fashioned entertainment we don't get enough of anymore.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
Several shades darker in tone than the previous edition -- which, to be fair, didn't carry the burden of expectation that a sequel must bear -- the return to Narnia still casts a transporting spell.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
Closer to a straight-ahead medieval battle picture than the fantastical, other-worldly journey depicted in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," this new entry is a bit darker, more conventional and more crisply made than its 2005 predecessor.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Ann Hornaday
As portrayed by William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley and especially Anna Popplewell as Susan, the Pevensies still make for terrific tween protagonists, and Aslan, the majestic mythical lion voiced by Liam Neeson, is still a breathtaking manifestation of the Cat Upstairs.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
An exhilarating fantasy adventure marred only by its length and protracted climactic battle scenes.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
An elaborately presented feast that will taste familiar to the 'tween and teen audience for whom it is served. The four courses are love, war, faith and humor, served in no canonical order, and sometimes, simultaneously.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Athima Chansanchai
In this sequel, magic still reigns but suspending disbelief doesn't come as easily.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Overall, while not as strong in terms of plotting or character development, Prince Caspian is nevertheless a better cinematic experience than its predecessor, if only because it feels more confident and polished.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
In their refusal to be up-to-the-moment, the Narnia movies are bound to age beautifully, perhaps much more so than the two Shrek films Adamson directed.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Take away the storming music and grand vistas, and it's all a standard sword-and-sorcery adventure; director Andrew Adamson is more than a journeyman but much less than the visionary Peter Jackson is.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
If Caspian has a fault, it's that viewers familiar with neither the books nor the first film may have trouble picking up the strands of the story in the early scenes… but in all honesty, how many Lewis neophytes will choose Caspian as their point of entry?
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
Next time out, more dwarfs, more Aslan, and definitely more Reepicheep.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Ella Taylor
Prince Caspian is fairly good fun, and I'm trying to decide whether it was the capable swordplay or Ben Barnes's bedroom eyes that prompted a significant shift in brand loyalty.
Read Full Review >Slate Dana Stevens
They may make for clunky religious parables, but the Narnia books--and so far, the movies based on them--are wonderful as stories about childhood and its loss.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
Quite a bit darker than "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," both in look and in mood. It is also in some ways more satisfying.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
In total effect, Prince Caspian feels a lot more earthbound than "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Adamson's pulled a more morally nuanced rabbit (or badger, actually) out of his directorial hat this time out, and the result is a far more engrossing film than its predecessor.
Read Full Review >Premiere Ryan Stewart
There's a persistent surface level, one-off quality to the whole business that repels emotional involvement at every juncture and seems stylistically in keeping with Disney's reluctance to greenlight each new Narnia film until the last one has proven itself at the box-office.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Is it a bad thing that Disney has commercialized, denatured and inflated the story to make it indistinguishable from any handsome sword-and-sorcery epic? Perhaps not, for it IS handsome on its grand scale.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
The movie is more somber and less wondrous in tone than the first film, especially since the lion Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson), who would have been instrumental in leading the Narnians to victory, has disappeared.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Junkies for dark humor should prep for going cold turkey, despite the efforts of director Andrew Adamson to spice things up with combat and a rivalry between Caspian and Peter (good on Moseley for showing some backbone) that Lewis never imagined.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Prince Caspian is elaborate filmmaking, all right. It's the magic of the human touch that's missing.
Read Full Review >Empire Helen O'Hara
Significantly better than the first film or, say, the first two Harry Potters, but we still can’t love it as much as we do the books. That said, if they keep improving at this pace, Dawn Treader should be a fantastic experience.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
This fusty sequel lacks the narrative complexity of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and squanders both its first-rate computer graphics and its sturdy international cast.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
I can't condemn it outright, but damned if I can remember anything (aside from Izzard's performance) that would make me recommend it.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
The wee mousie is fun, all right, yet like the occasionally ragged editing, the fun just gets haphazardly wedged in.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
Roughly the same as the first in terms of quality and style. It delivers without much visual dynamism, and with a determined emphasis on combat. In the 1951 novel the climactic battle between the good Narnians and the bad Telmarines lasted a few pages. The film version of the same battle feels like "The Longest Day."
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
I wish I could be more enthusiastic about Prince Caspian, an honorable and attractive adventure for children and families. But scenic beauty and spirited action can't conceal its dramatic defects.
Read Full Review >Newsweek Jennie Yabroff
The more obvious special effects are downright hokey, such as a weird swirling water creature who looks like something out of a toilet cleaner commercial. As the outcome of all the sword-flinging and catapult-launching is never in question, it's hard to stay engaged with the movie once the fighting begins.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
Ultimately, it's an absence of personality that does the film in. The creatures remain beautifully designed and Narnia still looks like a colorful, inviting place, but it feels as lifeless as the fantastical anyworlds found on glittery unicorn posters.
Read Full Review >New York Magazine David Edelstein
Such a clunkerama that it made me rethink all the nice things I wrote about its predecessor, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Could the same people have made both films?
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Exactly one minute longer than its predecessor, but it's a dragged-out exercise, with no epic scale and no spirit worth talking about.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 112 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
maw maw gave it a3:
For a movie that doesn't really have much story to tell, it seems painfully long. Basically, The heir to the throne is overthrown, he finds help, then comes the 4 kids and Aslan, then the good guys win.
D S gave it a9:
Way underrated. More exciting and funny than the first.
Joe R gave it a3:
A movie that felt much longer than it actually was, delivered no real interest for its underdeveloped characters, nor its plot, and had me leaving the movie before it ever finally ended.
Jennifer gave it a7:
i was disappointed by this sequel due to the fact that i loved the first one and was highly anticipating the release of prince caspian. it felt dragged out and i felt confused and bored a lot of times. i liked the story but i didnt like the prince caspian actor and peters acting skills were hard to watch. it was ok, but could have been a lot better. i have high hopes for the next one, if there is one?
Hyper S gave it a6:
As with most sequels this film suffers from a lack of originality that made the first intriguing. Sure we get to see familiar characters, but all the curiosity is gone as we know the formula already. 4 kid heroes, a few fight sequences, a few dwarfs and minotaurs, the end. No new real unique story or mystery here... no new character development, which a series like Harry Potter manages to recreate with each of its movies. I think this 2nd film was most suffering from a good villain. There really wasn't one... just a guy who made me constantly picture Cortez of Spain conquering the Aztecs every time I saw him on screen [maybe I got kind of bored]. The special effects are fine... and there was really no faults in the story... just nothing exciting [and the movie was too long]. A solid 6.
Ron J gave it a1:
C.S. Lewis' works became classics. It's a shame everything good in the book was removed for this movie. Character development is completely gone, and the plot is sacrificed for mediocre action scenes. It has a few fun moments, but they're rare. This book had such potential. The movie is a disappointment.
Chris unkown gave it an8:
Now alot of people thought this movie was dull and nothing special. There totally more with this movie, people haven't realised. there acutally more action its good movie for kids. but people might think its too voilnt. I disagree.
