Action / Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Thriller
Country
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USA
Filming Locations
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Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Overwiew :Lyra Belacqua is an orphan who lives happily in Jordan College, Oxford, playing with local boys and terrorizing the professors. However, when Lyra overhears scholars discussing a plot against her uncle, Lord Asriel, centering on a mysterious substance called Dust, her curiosity is roused. Soon Lyra is in over her head as she uncovers a frightening plot and a whole new world of possibilities.
USA Today - Claudia Puig : ...disappoints with its lack of character development and convoluted storytelling. more...
C
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Paula Nechak : The film is dominated by computer-generated effects and they're most of its problem... more...
C
San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle : ...an aura of disappointment takes hold midway into Golden Compass and becomes undeniable by the finish. more...
C+
ReelViews - James Berardinelli : ...an adequate but not inspired translation of the source material. more...
B-
New York Times - Manohla Dargis : ...has many of the virtues of a faithful screen adaptation and many of the predictable flaws. more...
B-
New York Post - Kyle Smith : The best you can say about The Golden Compass is that it's merely the second-dullest Nicole Kidman/Daniel Craig film this year. more...
C-
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan : Special effects and powerhouse acting bring to life a fascinating tale. more...
B+
Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt : A golden celebration of childhood fantasies. more...
A
filmcritic.com - Rachel Gordon : ...has a fluid combination of joyful triumphs and lurking darkness. more...
B+
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman : Big, noisy, and fantastic yet curiously sodden... more...
C
E! Online - Chris Farnsworth : ...a gorgeous, overstuffed contender for the box-office crown of Harry Potter. more...
A-
Chicago Tribune - Matt Pais : Otherworldly fantasy gets lost in sloppy storytelling. more...
C
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert : ...a darker, deeper fantasy epic than the Rings trilogy, The Chronicles of Narnia or the Potter films. more...
A
Boston Globe - Ty Burr : ...pulls you in, daft and alluring. more...
B-
Total Reviews:
10
Average Rating:
10 Comments
Gomes says @ Friday - December 14,2007
I was disappointed that some of the elements of the book were left out, but overall it was very well done.
I thought this was a wonderful story. I will say that there is some violence and the PG 13 rating should be heeded. Some parents had their young children in the theatre and there were parts that were scary.
If you are looking for great scenery, costumes, special effects, wonderful acting, this is a good movie. It is entertaining and has a happy but the plot loosely follows major events in the book.
The young actress Dakota Blue Richard shows her talent acting more convincingly than Kidman. This movie is excellent. Solid acting, interesting story, great special effects.
To watch this movie, was like trying to put a puzzle together without all of the pieces. I have questions about the characters and the plot. They threw different characters into the mix but didn't give us an inkling of where they fit into the storyline.
The movie was extremely well done in comparison with the books. "The Golden Compass" was an awesome movie. The story was very inspiring, clear and honest.
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