Family Fun Blog

Prince Caspian is, overall, a good family movie. The second movie based on the Chronicles of Narnia has much to appeal to both children and adults, just as the books. While there are fairly intense scenes of violence, they not at all graphic, except for two scenes that show blood. Even though they are not technically graphic, the intensity of the violence and the realistically scary characters may prove to be too much for sensitive children.

Very young children will also not be able to understand the intricacies of the plot, but the children who watched the movie in the theater when I was there were deeply involved and interested nonetheless.

The suspense, drama, and engaging characters, as well as the underlying stream of allegory, are all points that particularly appeal to adults along with older children, making this a rare family film that the whole family can truly enjoy, rather than one that the adults sit through for the sake of their children.

If you are at interested in the novels, we would recommend reading them before seeing the movie. The movie won’t be spoiled by reading the books, but the books would lose a lot of impact if the reader had already seen the movie.