The Golden Compass

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The Golden Compass

PG-13

2007

1h 49m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Adventure

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Lyra Belacqua lives in a parallel world in which human souls take the form of lifelong animal companions called daemons. Dark forces are at work in the girl's world, and many children have been kidnapped by beings known as Gobblers. Lyra vows to save her best friend, Roger, after he disappears too. She sets out with her daemon, a tribe of seafarers, a witch, an ice bear and a Texas airman on an epic quest to rescue Roger and save her world.

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Critics Consensus

Without the bite or the controversy of the source material, The Golden Compass is reduced to impressive visuals overcompensating for lax storytelling.

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Debbie Day

Premiere Magazine

11/03/2016

2/5

"The Golden Compass ultimately fails as a film in its broad strokes and inadequate scene development."

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Alonso Duralde

MSNBC

05/01/2008

5/5

This plot may sound somewhat ludicrous on paper, but Pullman has created a logical, well-thought-out world that Weitz has brilliantly translated to the big screen.

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Amy Nicholson

I.E. Weekly

01/29/2008

B-

Lyra surpasses the timid drone of Pan's Labyrinth or the Pevensies' do-gooder sap, she's brave, smart, and the best liar in the universe.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/24/2020

7/10

Solid entertainment, but of the repetitious kind - as if it was the sequel to something else, even though it is obviously the first of a potential series.

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Cinemanía Staff

Cinemanía (Spain)

10/14/2020

3/5

Dazzling. [Full review in Spanish]

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

07/17/2020

2/5

This uneven and muddled affair is too compressed and compromised to please viewers of any persuasion.

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Lorelai S

@IReviewStuff Apr 11

The story concept is very interesting, but the movie was waaaaay too rushed. Important plot points were glossed over, so then it seems like they won’t be important, when they actually are. This movie could have used a longer runtime, and it’s already decently long. The plot is also all over the place and is a bit confusing. But the film was still entertaining and the mystery was interesting. I just wish the movie was more focused and a bit slower.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Jan 23

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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DONALD G.

@DonaldGrady17 Jan 13

Good movie played by the characters

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Timmothy C

@RT23479925 Aug 24

It wasn’t terrible, there were good actors, and good editing. However, you didn’t understand what exactly was going on. The action at the end should’ve happened sooner there should’ve been longer build up. The movie needed to be longer to get the story across. It was very rushed. You couldn’t tell the difference in parts of the story that are important to remember and which are not. Mostly because it was rushed.

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Alex D

@RT84844605 Apr 26

ME AND MY MOM WTCHED THIS AND THIS IS AMAZING

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james o

@RT63376403 Apr 21

the film have compared with The Chronicles of Narnia.

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Synopsis

Lyra Belacqua lives in a parallel world in which human souls take the form of lifelong animal companions called daemons. Dark forces are at work in the girl's world, and many children have been kidnapped by beings known as Gobblers. Lyra vows to save her best friend, Roger, after he disappears too. She sets out with her daemon, a tribe of seafarers, a witch, an ice bear and a Texas airman on an epic quest to rescue Roger and save her world.

Director: Chris Weitz
Producer: Deborah A. Forte, Bill Carraro
Screenwriter: Chris Weitz
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Scholastic Productions, Depth of Field
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Fantasy Violence)
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 7, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 30, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.1M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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