The Golden Compass Reviews



  • The Golden Compass
    • Genre : Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : PG-13
    • Duration : 113 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : -
    • Studio : New Line Cinema
    • Official Site : http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/
    • Reviews Rate
      Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.

    • Readers Rate
      3 of 5

Movie Reviews

  • There just seems to be ever such a lot missing, and this is ultimately what lets the film down
    2 of 5 by David Mercier [FilmJudge ]
  • really well paced, beautiful to watch, and has a fluid combination of joyful triumphs and lurking darknes
    4 of 5 by Rachel Gordon [Filmcritic.com ]
  • disappoints with its lack of character development and convoluted storytelling
    2 of 4 by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
  • delivers the year's biggest and most ambitious fantasy
    3.5 of 4 by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News ]
  • an adequate but not inspired translation of the source material
    2.5 of 4 by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
  • a hugely enjoyable, superbly acted and beautifully directed fantasy adventure that is genuinely exciting to watch
    4 of 5 by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon ]
  • a convoluted, enjoyable, very mad, deeply conservative and, at one moment, horribly violent extravaganza
    4 of 5 by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ]
  • 2 of 4 Reviewed by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald ]
  • 2 of 4 Reviewed by Geoff Pevere [Toronto Star ]
  • 2 of 4 Reviewed by Michael Machosky [Pittsburgh Tribune Review ]

Reader's Reviews

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