The running time is 2 hrs. 14 mins..
This is the timeless tale of the four Pevensie siblings -- Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter -- as they enter the magical world of Narnia and are charged with the task of leading the fight against the White Witch (Tilda Swinton) and freeing Narnia from her icy grasp. The magical thing about this film is that once you enter the world of Narnia you don't want to let go of it. The landscapes and set decoration are so phenomenal that it does feel as if Narnia really exists. While the film does have a certain childish charm to it and lacks in some areas where adult audiences may be looking for a little more, we must remember that this is a Disney film and they have a built in audience they need to appeal to. Minute details aside, this film works on several levels and is a decent addition to any collection.
Looking over the special features, as I said before, it is chock full of goodness, and it never seems to have an ego about it. By this I mean that it has only two commentaries, a pop-up trivia track, a blooper reel and a set of featurettes that make up the second disc. There is no excess here.
As for the commentaries you have two choices - either the director and kids' commentary in which director Andrew Adamson sits down with the four young stars of the film and the recollect what it was like making the film, or the filmmakers' commentary in which Adamson is joined by producer Mark Johnson and production designer Roger Ford. Personally I found the director and kids' commentary far more intriguing as I got most of my technical bits from the second disc, but if you have the time and are interested you should give it a listen.
Speaking of the second disc there are some great featurettes that go over the entire making of the film in quick and concise segments, the best of which being the "Chronicles of a Director" segment which primarily focuses on Andrew Adamson's journey in making the film, but it also isn't shy about taking a tangent here and there. Secondly, another great feature, a feature I usually don't care for is the "Interactive timeline and 3-D map". The main reason I enjoyed this is because you can click around the map and check out several sections of Narnia and you are guided to each spot from one specific starting point which really gives you a greater understanding of the world that was created.
The other feature I should mention is the "Anatomy of a Scene" feature in which they go over the making of the melting river as the Pevensie children escape the White Witch's wolves. Once you see how much went into making this scene and all the different locations individual pieces of it were filmed you will have a much greater respect for filmmaking on a whole.
Overall I was greatly impressed with this special edition as it brought just enough to the table and not so much that I ever got bored. If special features aren't your thing then the single-disc edition should suffice, but if you are a special feature junkie this one certainly has some goodies worth previewing.