This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
Despite some rejiggering of the book's plot, it's a film that should please Narnia fans and, if it does well, may lead to the return of Eustace in the next installment, The Silver Chair. Here's hoping.
– Nancy Churnin,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Dec 2010
rotten:
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.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
10 Dec 2010
fresh:
The visual splendor is still there, in moderate amounts.
– Amy Biancolli,
Houston Chronicle,
10 Dec 2010
rotten:
Could be an optical illusion, but it seems that a flat, dull movie shot in 3-D just looks flatter and duller.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
10 Dec 2010
fresh:
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.