Contrary to the title, the hero of Prince Caspian is not a man but a mouse. Meet Reepicheep, a rapier-thrusting rodent who joins the good fight shortly into Disney/Walden Media’s second punt at CS Lewis’ seven-book myths’n’magic cycle. Voiced with a dandy-ish dash by Eddie Izzard, his lovely sign-off – lifted semi-intact from the book – underlines his chivalrous charm in fat marker pen. In short, the moviemakers have an exact handle on the character, breathing wit and soul into his pixelled whiskers. It’s more or less the same for all the other talking fauna roaming Narnia: bears, badgers, minotaurs, centaurs, dwarves, wolves in Sith clothing…
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