The Golden Compass PG-13

There are worlds beyond our own - the compass will show the way.
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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: April 29, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2007
  • Label: New Line Home Video

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Academy Awards 2007 - Best Visual Effects: Not Applicable

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[D]irector Chris Weitz makes a spirited job of transferring Pullman's vision to screen...
Sight and Sound
Feb 1, 2008
Rating: 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. Full Review
MSNBC
May 1, 2008
Rating: 2/5 -- "The Golden Compass ultimately fails as a film in its broad strokes and inadequate scene development." Full Review
Premiere Magazine
Nov 3, 2016
Excruciating pap Full Review
CinePassion
Aug 27, 2009
Rating: 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. Full Review
I.E. Weekly
Jan 29, 2008
Rating: C -- An engaging fantasy adventure that, albeit no masterpiece, is hardly the disaster one might have imagined. Full Review
ESplatter
Jul 14, 2008
Weitzman hits all the book's plot points without ginning up any of its corresponding emotion. Full Review
WORLD
Oct 11, 2018

Product Description:

THE GOLDEN COMPASS is an adaptation of the first book in the beloved but controversial fantasy series by Phillip Pullman. The story opens with Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) an orphan girl who lives in an alternate world that is similar to earth, but where people's souls exist outside of their bodies in animal form. The people are ruled by a shadowy and oppressive council known as the Magisterium, which is doing it's best to keep everyone from getting information about what is called "Dust." Lyra's Uncle Asriel (Daniel Craig) has been researching Dust, and he has seen to it that Lyra is given safe shelter at Jordan College. But when the visiting Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman) arrives, she asks Lyra to accompany her on a trip to the North to meet the Panserbjorne, a race of armored bears. Before Lyra leaves, the Headmaster gives her a golden compass, a device which only she can read, and from which she can intuit the truth. Lyra leaves with Mrs. Coulter, but when she learns that her friends have been kidnapped by "Gobblers," she heads out to find them, and soon joins forces with the nomadic Gyptians, some witches, and an armored bear called Iorek Byrnison (voice by Ian McKellen). Lyra finds her friends, and so discovers the evil plans the Magisterium has cooked up for the world's children. By the film's end, she has vowed to track down her Uncle Asriel, and to discover the true power of Dust.

Hollywood had a tricky time of taming this tale, as Pullman's books portray religion - the Catholic Church in particular - in a less than flattering light. The film version carefully steers clear of these themes, and instead puts its enormous budget into creating visually stunning effects. While fans of the books may find fault with this streamlined version, children are sure to revel in the many talking animals and whimsical airships.

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