My friend watched this movie in the theater and commented how she wished she could have rewound parts to fully comprehend what was said. This movie, as my husband stated, "is heady". He enjoyed it. To my surprise, my thirteen-year-old son liked it too! Upfront, viewers need to understand that this is NOT a movie to watch if one wants to veg out.
It is also atypical in the format. The actor portraying middle-age C.S. Lewis narrates his story as he walks, eats and completes ordinary tasks. Other actors portray him as a young boy and young adult. These actors do talk and interact with other actors, but it is minimal.
The producers focus on his conversion but weave in his tendencies seamlessly.
*Highly recommend. To fully appreciate this movie, I will have to watch it again . . .and again!
Warning/points to discuss with younger teens- drinking/smoking is shown, as a young preteen he lusts after his dance teacher (nothing appropriate is shown-he just mentions it-the acteress is beautiful and sensuous), when in an army hospital the man next to him is having an affair with a night nurse-they close the curtain and murmurings are heard, he pursues the occult/dark things
-Borrowed from the library.
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