Narnia 4: The Silver Chair (2024)
June 27, 2025
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Movie Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (2024)
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After a decade-long slumber, Narnia awakens once more—and The Silver Chair reminds us why the realm beyond the wardrobe still holds such powerful magic.
Directed by Sam Mendes in a surprising yet inspired turn, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair trades the sunlit wonder of previous entries for something darker, older, and more mythic. This is not the Narnia of innocent discovery, but a land in decline, blanketed by snowless skies, forgotten oaths, and creeping shadows.
Set many years after the events of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the story follows a now-teenage Eustace Scrubb (Louis Partridge), no longer a brat but still struggling to understand his place in both worlds. He’s joined by Jill Pole (Thomasin McKenzie), a fiercely intelligent outsider, and the unforgettable Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle (Andy Serkis, in a brilliant motion-capture performance that steals the film). Together, they’re tasked by Aslan to find Prince Rilian, heir to the Narnian throne, who vanished decades earlier under mysterious—and sinister—circumstances.
The journey takes them deep beneath the earth, through eerie wastelands, crumbling ruins, and finally into the green-tinged underworld of the Lady of the Green Kirtle (Eva Green, exuding icy elegance and menace), who ensnares Rilian in a spell of forgetfulness and false comfort.
Visually, The Silver Chair is breathtaking—gothic, moody, and filled with quiet symbolism. From moonlit marshes to glowing caverns, every frame feels lived-in and reverent. Thomas Newman’s haunting score is a perfect companion, replacing bombast with mystery and melancholy.
But where the film truly shines is in its themes: memory, identity, courage, and the quiet resistance of faith in a world that has grown dim. It’s a more mature Narnia, not afraid to ask bigger questions—and let silence linger long enough for answers to bloom.
If there’s a drawback, it’s the pacing. The film takes its time, and some younger viewers may miss the sweeping battles and talking animals of earlier entries. But what it offers instead is something deeper: a tale of perseverance in darkness, where belief must be chosen again and again.
Verdict: The Silver Chair is a bold, beautiful return to Narnia—a quiet epic steeped in sorrow, wonder, and hope. Not just a fantasy adventure, but a whispered prayer from a forgotten world waiting to be remembered.