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The Golden Compass Reviews

MOVIES BY GENRE

Movie Info

Genre :

Fantasy, Adventure, Drama

Release Date :

December 07, 2007

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Chris Weitz

Starring :

Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Tom Courtenay, Ian McKellen, Ben Walker, Adam Godley, Jim Carter, Ian McShane, Christopher Lee, Kristin Scott Thomas

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..There just seems to be ever such a lot missing, and this is ultimately what lets the film down..”

by David Mercier [FilmJudge]

“..really well paced, beautiful to watch, and has a fluid combination of joyful triumphs and lurking darknes..”

by Rachel Gordon [Filmcritic.com]

“..disappoints with its lack of character development and convoluted storytelling..”

by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

“..delivers the year's biggest and most ambitious fantasy..”

by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News]

“..an adequate but not inspired translation of the source material..”

by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

“..a hugely enjoyable, superbly acted and beautifully directed fantasy adventure that is genuinely exciting to watch..”

by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]

“..a convoluted, enjoyable, very mad, deeply conservative and, at one moment, horribly violent extravaganza..”

by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian]

Reviewed by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]

Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]

Reviewed by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Reviewed by Michael Machosky [Pittsburgh Tribune Review]

Reviewed by Geoff Pevere [Toronto Star]

Reviewed by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]

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