The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 71 | Rotten: 72
Its leisurely, businesslike pace won't win the franchise many new fans, but Voyage of the Dawn Treader restores some of the Narnia franchise's lost luster with strong performances and impressive special effects.
Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 13
Its leisurely, businesslike pace won't win the franchise many new fans, but Voyage of the Dawn Treader restores some of the Narnia franchise's lost luster with strong performances and impressive special effects.
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Genre: Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Synopsis: Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarvf camps, and a band of lost... More
Rated: PG – See Full Rating
Running Time: 1 hr. 53 min.
In Theaters: Dec 10, 2010 Wide
On DVD: Apr 8, 2011
Box Office:$104.4M
Distributor:20th Century Fox
Directed By: Michael Apted
Written By: C.S. Lewis, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Cast
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Ben Barnes
Prince Caspian -
Georgie Henley
Lucy, Lucy Pevensie -
Skandar Keynes
Edmond, Edmund Pevensie -
Liam Neeson
Aslan -
Simon Pegg
Reepicheep -
Tilda Swinton
The White Witch -
Gary Sweet
Drinian -
Terry Norris
Lord Bern -
Bruce Spence
Lord Rhoop -
Bille Brown
Coriakin -
Laura Brent
Liliandil -
Colin Moody
Auctioneer -
Anna Popplewell
Susan Pevensie -
William Moseley
Peter Pevensie -
Shane Rangi
Tavros -
Arthur Angel
Rhince -
Arabella Morton
Gael -
Rachel Blakely
Gael's Mum -
Steven Rooke
Faun -
Tony Nixon
1st Mate -
David Vallon
Slave Trader -
Jared Robinsen
Intake Officer -
Roy Billing
Chief Dufflepud -
Neil G. Young
Dufflepud #2 -
Greg Poppleton
Dufflepud #3 -
Nicholas Neild
Dufflepud #4 -
Nathaniel Parker
Caspian's Father -
Daniel Poole
Young Man -
Mirko Grillini
Telmarine Sailor -
Ron Kelly
Steward -
Laurence Coy
Photographer -
Douglas Gresham
Slaver #1 -
Michael Maguire
Slaver #2 -
Catarina Hebbard
Gael's Aunt -
Tamati Rangi
Minotaur -
Lucas Ross
Handsome Soldier -
Megan Hill
Pretty Young Nurse -
David Sachet
Trader -
Ross Price
First Mate -
Will Poulter
Eustace Clarence Scrubb...
Not quite a must-see, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is nonetheless a sturdy outing with many of the charms that have become franchise trademarks.
Could be an optical illusion, but it seems that a flat, dull movie shot in 3-D just looks flatter and duller.
The visual splendor is still there, in moderate amounts.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is still very much a "Narnia" movie. In other words, it's filled with fantastical creatures, bloodless battles, quasi-mystical undercurrents and an unfortunate helping of hooey.
Many families will find this installment the most entertaining, action-filled, and humorous of the three.
The shortest of the Narnia movies (and also the worst)...
The narrative sometimes gets becalmed and the tale's Christian allegory is blatantly unsubtle, but Apted and cinematographer Dante Spinotti do manage to conjure the odd moment of visual wonder out of the quest.
[M]eek fantasy fare that's overbudgeted, underwritten, and while it may have happened this way in the novel, that doesn't mean it is any good, nor that we should give it a free pass...
Quaintly enjoyable enough in its own way. Until it's slowly sunk by a certain divine Lion, bringing along all his earnestness and preciousness. It's a ride, all dressed up as a child-hero fantasy quest, that's meant to lead us to one red-light moral.
Their joyous return to Narnia washes away as their comfort in the face of the fantastic sets in. Nothing appears new to them, and likewise, nothing enchants us.
The standard perils of sequels are visible ... but a great deal of care and thought has let the filmmakers avoid most of the pitfalls and clamber out of the rest relatively unscathed.
Adventure and fun for the entire family with an easy to follow story.
With no real sense of danger or urgency, the "adventure" of the Dawn Treader remains as by-the-books and generic as ever.
Forget the Titanic: The Dawn Treader is the real sinking ship.
Director Michael Apted has injected a greater sense of adventure in this installment, though the references to having faith do little to prevent much of the dialogue from sounding very much like a Sunday sermon
At least the sea serpent -- part cobra, part eel -- is fierce, and welcome...
full review at Movies for the Masses
Comfortably the worst of the three movies... perversely anti-fun in a way that no fantasy epic has any right to be.
You can't help wishing the film well, though doubting whether it will get anywhere near Harry Potter's lot at the box office.
It seems to suffer from a general malaise, lacking a proper villain and having only a couple of interesting characters.
I'm hard-pressed to work up the energy to actively loathe it. Let's say I passively dislike it and let it go at that.
Simple and satisfying; the best of the three
What a lovely finale and final (I think) installment of the fantasy/Christian allegory created by C. S. Lewis.
DVD Reviews
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Audience Reviews
While a meandering whisper of a plot running the course hurts it, it is thanks to the charm from performances and a maturity in tone that this - the third in the Narnia franchise - becomes a welcome addition to the magic of this world. It is through its young actors that this film avoids falling, their interplay is
Wonderful family adventure that has elements for everyone to enjoy, such as clean humour, excitement, dangers and also psychological elements. The plot is straightforward and easy to understand. It is also filled with excitement, especially the battle with the dragon is quite breathtaking.
The relationship between
Not terrible, in fact, it probably does the best with the material it had to work with. The other two films were on a more epic scale. Bringing it down a notch isn't a terrible thing. But the collecting items plot can't be ignored. Edmond and Lucy have no idea why they are back in Narnia, and neither do the Narnians.
"You have returned for a reason. Your adventure begins now."
Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and
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- Coriakin: To defeat the darkness out there, you must defeat the darkness inside yourself.
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- Edmund Pevensie: So, if there are no wars to fight, then why are we here?
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- Coriakin: To defeat the darkness out there, you must defeat the darkness inside yourself.
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- Aslan: You have returned for a reason. Your adventure begins now.
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