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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Boxoffice MagazineRichard MoweBoxoffice MagazineRichard MoweMichael Apted opts for a certain dated and mannered appeal with a whiff of nostalgia for more innocent times, which lends added enchantment.
- 75Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreTrue to the intent of the Christian apologist Lewis' novels, there are lessons to be learned, many of them delivered by the chivalrous mouse, Reepicheep, voiced with a plummy verve by Simon Pegg.
- 70Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonApted seems too often to think like an old-hand action director and not enough like the 12-year-old boy who probably read Lewis's book. To enter Narnia, to really go giddy with the bright, laughing promise of a quest, a young viewer with no convenient magic portal of his own needs characters to bring him along. This is, I believe, the difference between a classic and a successful franchise reboot.
- 70MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeWell-paced, well-performed and full of visual wows, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader bobbles a hectic story by stopping just short of committing to its grounding themes. Its hardly sacrilege, but it does seem like a shame.
- 67Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader ends on a perfectly appropriate note, recapturing a childish sense of wonder and an earnest approach to Lewis' religious allegory.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliA dull, meandering storyline and visuals all-but destroyed by a second-rate 3-D conversion make this movie inferior to its predecessors.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumI'm confounded by the fact that, aside from the Pevensie siblings and their nicely obnoxious cousin, absolutely everything and everyone aboard the Dawn Treader looks one-dimensional.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyAfter slipping badly with the second installment two years ago, the Narnia franchise does a full-on belly flop with this third.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichOne's heart sinks the moment the trio is picked up by Prince Caspian (Barnes) and deposited on his ship, the Dawn Treader. Suddenly we're in green-screen land, where everything looks cheap, heavily digital and unfortunately postconverted to 3-D-hardly a fantastical otherworld.
- 40VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThis f/x-heavy third adaptation of the Christian-themed fantasy series feels routine and risk-averse in every respect, as if investment anxiety had fatally hobbled its sense of wonder.