The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) 
 
 Not long before the children’s movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” sets sail, you might find yourself hoping for a nor’easter to come and blow this latest and perhaps last installment in the screen version of C.S. Lewis ’s series, far, far away. With Peter off studying for his university entrance exams and Susan off in America, the story centers on Lucy ( Georgie Henley ) and Edmund ( Skandar Keynes ), stuck in Cambridge, living with their insufferable snot of a cousin, Eustace (Will Poulter).Instead of a wardrobe, the magical portal to Narnia is a painting of the sailing vessel The Dawn Treader, storm-tossed and ready for its close-up. They’re soon rescued by their old comrade in arms, King Caspian (Ben Barnes), who is manning the Dawn Treader with a squeaky clean crew of men and talking beasts, including an armed (and tailed) mouse-kateer, Reepicheep (voiced by Simon Pegg).  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 
 
 'Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' review: Generic faith-based message bores 
 
 Everett Collection 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' stars Ben Barnes L.), Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley. Directed by Michael Apted; written by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely and Michael Petroni, based on the book by C. S. Lewis; director of photography, Dante Spinotti; edited by Rick Shaine; music by David Arnold; production design by Barry Robison; costumes by Isis Mussenden; produced by Mark Johnson, Andrew Adamson and Philip Steuer; released by Fox 2000 Pictures and Walden Media. Running time: 1 hour 55 minutes. : PG (for some frightening images and sequences of fantasy action): Georgie Henley (Lucy); Skandar Keynes (Edmund); Ben Barnes (Caspian); Will Poulter (Eustace); Simon Pegg (voice of Reepicheep the mouse); Liam Neeson (voice of Aslan the lion): Directed by Michael Apted; written by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely and Michael Petroni, based on the novel by C.S.
– Critics aren’t enthralled by The Voyage of the Dawn Treader the third film based on CS Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. (Its Rotten Tomatoes rating is 51%.) But there are some bright spots: Manohla Dargis calls the film “largely dreary” in the New York Times. Still, “though there are times when the movie turns into a congested mess, there are moments when you also see a quieter, less industrial production.” The film reminds us” that “the Pevensie family is always destined to come in second to Harry and Hermione,” writes Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News. It fails to “connect with the deeply human emotions that propel the best fantasies.” But at the Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips has some kind words: the film, which “strikes an artful balance between allegorical religious concerns and escapist ones,” beats out its predecessors.