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(1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 56% Rotten Page   1   "Despite a casting flaw and uncomfortable pacing, 'Prince Caspian' is an epic adventure with brave characters, amazing creatures and incredible special effects."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 2.5/5 "On the page, The Chronicles of Narnia thrived on fiery faith-based fantasy. On film, said belief is rendered bland."   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron D+ "Caspian is a visual sleeper hold from frame one; a constipated effort to erect widescreen wonderment, yet the production is missing dimension and needed narrative gusto."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf "Repetition is to be expected in a franchise with an audience to please."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "It's more or less what the first movie should have been: a (mostly) captivating epic."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 3.5/4 "...continues in the tradition to create vivid, imaginary and enthusiastic interpretations of the most memorable children's books of the past century."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 2/4 "What once felt both magical and foreboding now seems rather dreary and perfunctory."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman A- "Stands a good chance of becoming the "Empire Strikes Back" of the "Narnia" series: a darker and more satisfying follow-up to an already exceptional starting point."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens B- "It's the grown-ups who might feel slightly underwhelmed by it all, though they'll likely be moderately entertained by the action and adventure."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C+ "The overemphatic music keeps telling us to be awestruck, but the movie itself stubbornly lacks grandeur."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "Back to Narnia for more battles and a lesson about how things don't happen the same way twice."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "While not as strong in terms of plotting or character development, Prince Caspian is nevertheless a better cinematic experience than its predecessor, if only because it feels more confident and polished."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "It's back to Narnia in this second, and only slightly more meaty, adaptation of the C.S. Lewis fantasy franchise."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 2/5 "Prince Caspian (the movie) is gorgeous and a total snore. The boy is just gorgeous. Whitewashing the themes also removed the story."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery ""Things never happen the same way twice," says the Christ lion Aslan - we can presume that goes as much for movie franchises as for lightning strikes."   UGO   Keith Uhlich 2/5 "Most adults will find Prince Caspian tedious, but young viewers are likely to be mildly diverted, rather than actually swept up by the story."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner A "I was sucked into Prince Caspian... When it comes to the spectacle of the piece, it's an epic family film. I'm very anxious to view it again."   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr 3/4 "Chockablock with intense battle sequences and suffused with a sense of paradise lost, Prince Caspian is a worthy successor to The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "[T]he real charms of [t]his second outing... flow much as they did in the first one: by not lingering on the spectacle but on the sweetness of... the child characters and the enchanting talking animals..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 1/4 "This sorry sequel is so boring, so unimaginative, and so blandly by-the-numbers that it's almost like [an affront] to the very audience members who made the original a worldwide hit."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "A grand and visually stunning epic with thrilling battle scenes and powerful themes."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "C.S. Lewis meets Teen Beat."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "Um dos pontos fracos do longa original, resultado de um grave erro de julgamento dos produtores, mostra-se intocável nesta continuação: a falta de carisma do elenco principal."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 2.5/5 "[T]here's a not-so-subtle undercurrent of the White Man's Burden in these stories."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 2/5 "Returning director Andrew Adamson lacks any sort of epic vision and as a result, the experience of watching the film is a lot like listening to the world's most exciting bedtime story being read by someone with the world's most grating monotone"   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski B "Adamson overcomes some of the book's better-read-than-spoken dialogue and the odd bits of chunky plotting with plenty of grace and charm."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "A passably good action film, but it doesn't really deliver much more than that."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "Andrew Adamson's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a much more elaborate, ambitious picture than the 2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and it adds up to far less."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek B+ "More inspired by the book than adapting it, Caspian is most likely to appeal to those not especially attached to the book, which is after all a lesser work flanked by two more popular tales."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 8/10 "Imaginative and visually enchanting but, remember, as Aslan says, "Things never happen the same way twice.""   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 5/10 "The movie has just enough of that old-timey grand epic feel for its 144 minutes to breeze by like two and a quarter hours."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 3/4 "An improvement over the original, Prince Caspian better catches the nuances of the source material, but continues to ignore some of the more potent statements."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell 3/4 "With the main cast and the voice of Liam Neesam as the voice of Aslan back, as well as the creatures and CGI effects, there's enough adventures and suspense for the entire family to enjoy."   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales 3/5 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick Read review   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley  (1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 56% Rotten Page   1