I rented this for our "family movie night" this past Saturday. It was quite a challenge to take on a story that so many people have read, and a story that provides a beautiful metaphor for Christ's sacrifice. For the cast, relative unknowns delivered outstanding performances in the children's roles and the main adult charachters were also superb. While the theme of the movie is simply wildly fantastic, the story was brought to the screen in a very real sense. Andrew Adamson, of Shrek and some Batman fame, presented the story consistently and wonderfully. The scenery and action scense were pretty well done, although I would like to have seen all of the cgi done as well as Mr Tumnus' legs and the centaurs. It might be that they actually wanted some of the charachters to appear less real to enhance Aslan's appearance. As expected Aslan giving his life to prevent the death of an undeserving "traitor" was done exceptionally well, and conveyed the message of Christ's sacrifice completely.
I recommend this movie to ages 5 to 155, there are some frightening scenes but that's why the parents should be there with their children.
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