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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

1990 · 168 min

A slow, earnest fantasy quest with a stagey, storybook atmosphere, offering gentle wonder and mild peril for patient viewers.

Overview: Eustace is sent to a horrible school and finds a friend in Jill Pole, who's also running from bullies and looking for a place to hide. The two of them are magically transported from the garden shed into the magical world of Narnia, where they are entrusted with a task by Aslan: to rescue the king's stolen son, Prince Rilian. Together with Puddleglum the Marshwiggle, they must travel north across the mountains, dodge giants, and journey down into the earth itself to rescue Rilian from the mysterious evil that holds him bound there.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, earnest and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, friendship, loyalty, deception
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
friendship
loyalty
deception
fate
Places: fantasy world
wilderness
single country house
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none