Review of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) by Nick Pinkerton for Village Voice — 07 Dec 2010

Apted 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.