i do not think i have ever use the phrase and a movie everyone can enjoy to describe a movie and but i will do it here . ok and do . i will give prop where it due and for a pg movie for kid and this be surprisingly engaging and non cliché and and very and very well write . there aren not a lot of fantasy movie i like and and that have to do with the way theyre present to you . they present the world to you in an already exist state and bombarding you with everything without gradually introduce you to it various element . they present these life or death scenario without truly explore why be suppose to care about the world inhabitant in the first place . i like this movie because be learn about the world at the same rate a the four kid here ( assume you haven not read the book and which i haven not ) . in fact and it be the great act do by the kid that keep me interested enough in the pre fantasy portion of the movie before we finally enter the fantastical realm and after which i care enough about the character to be invest in their ultimate outcome . the character lucy single handedly keep me interested with her great acting in the beginning where she be prominently feature . she be good than a good 70 83 % of grown actress that i have see and and probably 98 % of child actress not name dakota fanning and a select other few . i love her response when ask by the faun about the human being hand shake ritual . yeah and i do not know and why do we do that . i love the interaction between the kid . i love the tension there . in most pg movie the good guy be usually black and white and you do not have ugly thing like traitor and jealousy and and greed . a mark of a well write movie be how many time you dont have to say to a character on screen and why be you do that . or why arent you do this . prime example and in the beginning after lucy return from narnia a she re enter the wardrobe and the character specifically know that she have be go for apparently hour and so a she re enters and the first thing she do be to shout out to everyone who inevitably will be worry about her and that she ok. after they question her and she then realistically ask and wait and what . you mean to tell me that after our hide and seek game and from your perspective i must have disappear for hour and and you do not wonder where i be . that perfect . that exactly how a real person would behave and and the actress pull off the well write line just a perfectly and a she question her sibling with a confused look . i be point this out because i can specifically think of other movie with analogous situation where the line the character would have say would have be all wrong and and the intonation with which the actor deliver the line would have be so unrealistically understated . i only have a couple complaint representwhen the lion be lie dead on the concrete slab and and lucy and susan go up to him and i do not understand why lucy be so easily talk out of use the injury heal potion she be give by . santa claus earlier . she first begin to use it and but then be tell by susan that it too late and imply that since he already dead and the potion would do no good since it mean to heal injury only . but how do she know the exact boundary or property of this magic elixir . it magic . how do you know that it would not revive him . no one specifically ever define it limitation . besides and what the bad that could happen . just pour the liquid on his wound and bad case scenario be you get red dye on his fur ( i do not know until late youre suppose to consume the potion and not apply it directly to the wound ) . i do not like the sword fight scene between peter and the witch . it just look weak and like they be struggle to swing the sword ( s ) . peter and i can understand and since he a kid and but the witch should have be a lot smoother use the dual sword . this one be minor and but and the grown version of the kid at the end just look very goofy . those be hardly plot hole or badly write scene however . if my only major gripe about a 2 hour plus movie be the non use of a phoenix down on a fall red xiii and then it a pretty good movie . sure the overall arc of the story may have be predictable and but there be still plenty of dramatic moment along the way and you enjoy the ride . the plot do not feel contrived and it be believable for what it be and and the character be extremely likable and to the point where i be hop that even the cgi animal do not get hurt or kill . this movie have a lot heart and certain charm to it that leave you happy for see it . random personal trivia represent i finally saw this three year after the movie have come out and but it wasn not random . i have always have it in the back of my head that i would eventually get around to see this and and it be all because of an enduring three second image in my head that i remember when they advertise this movie on tv . it be the scene at the end show a front view of the lion and the four kid a they walk towards the camera and towards the coronation area . as corny a it sound and there be just something noble and inspirational about that scene .