The best family film in years! My 4 year-old and 5 year-old absolutely loved it, and were never frightened. Thankfully, it stays very close to the book!

I'm a huge fan of C.S. Lewis, and am thrilled that they have made such an amazing adaptation. But I did have two small problems with the film:

Firstly, director Andrew Adamson didn't really do a great job of letting the viewer understand the power and majesty of Aslan before his death... unless you have read the book, you don't really understand "what the big deal is" about this lion.

Secondly, they strangely dropped the part from the book where Aslan speaks to Peter about their battle plans, and he hints that Peter may end up leading the forces without him -- this leads the children to worry that Aslan will abandon them -- and this is the reason Susan and Lucy follow him to the Stone Table. In the movie, no reason is given for them following Aslan, and you're kind of left scratching your head as to why Peter is suddenly in charge instead of the huge dual-wielding centaur.

But those are relatively small complaints for an otherwise amazing film.

Some of the highlights for me were: The casting/acting of the kids! Mr. Tumnus! The White Witch in battle! The gryphons! The phoenix! Whoa! They even managed to include Santa Claus well...!