The four Pevensie children have been evacuated to the countryside to escape the blitz①. But when an game of hide-and-seek leads young Lucy to a spare room containing a large wardrobe②， she discovers something that will change their lives forever. Inside the wardrobe is a world filled with magical beings——Narnia. The land is stuck in eternal winter at the hands of the cruel White Witch. The others enter too， learning that creatures of Narnia have long been waiting for humans like themselves to appear and break the witch’s spell.
Based③ on the famous novel by CS Lewis， The Lion， the Witch and the Wardrobe is a very English affair， aimed at young children， who will love it. The adventures Lucy and her siblings have are the sorts of things that might happen in any English forest， assuming fauns， lions and witches can be found there. Only toward the end of this film do the special effects ramp④ up into spectacular extravaganzas⑤. This is a film situated precisely on the dividing line between traditional family entertainment and the newer action-oriented family films. It is charming and scary in about equal measure.
① blitzn. 闪电战，全面攻击
② wardroben. 衣橱，衣柜，藏衣室
③ basev. 把……建立在某种基础上
④ rampv. (狮等)用后脚立起，跃立
⑤ extravaganzan. 异乎寻常的事物
《纳尼亚传奇》
为了躲避空袭，派文希家的四个孩子被疏散到了乡下。但是当幼小的露茜在玩捉迷藏游戏的过程中被引入到一个放有大衣橱的空房时，她发现了某样将永远改变他们生活的东西。衣橱里面有一个充斥着魔幻生物的世界——纳尼亚。这个国度永远置留在冬天之中，受到了残忍的“白色女巫”的控制。其他人也纷纷进入，并得知纳尼亚的生灵们早就在等待着像他们这样的人类的出现，来打破女巫的符咒。
改编自C·S·刘易斯著名小说的《狮子、女巫和魔衣橱》是一部非常英国化的作品，以那些会对该作喜爱有加的小孩子为目标群。在英国任何一个森林当中都被猜测会出现农牧神、狮子和女巫，而露茜和其兄弟姐妹们的历险似乎就是在讲述此类会在那里发生的事情。直到影片的最后，特效才达到了极至，炫目夺采。这是一部精准地介于传统家庭娱乐影片和以动作为导向的新型家庭影片之间的影片。其精彩度和惊险度差不多是平分秋色。