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The Golden Compass

2007, Movie, PG-13, 118 mins

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GOLDEN COMPASS, THE | HIS DARK MATERIALS: THE GOLDEN COMPASS
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Chris Weitz's disappointing adaptation of the first book in English novelist Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy feels simultaneously too long and desperately rushed: For all the complicated backstory, weighty themes, action set pieces and fanciful production design, it's oddly unengaging. Though the film is positioned as a straightforward good-vs.-evil epic, Pullman posits a more nuanced struggle between the thorny freedom of self-determination and blind submiss... read more leave a comment
Year: 2007
Rated PG-13

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Cast
Nicole Kidman: Mrs. Coulter
Dakota Blue Richards: Lyra Belacqua
Daniel Craig: Lord Asriel
Sam Elliott: Lee Scoursby
Eva Green: Serafina Pekkala
Christopher Lee: First High Councilor

 

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  • Vatican Glad Compass Went South, More Movie News | Today's News: Our Take | 12/20/2007
    If The Golden Compass' tarnished box office tanks plans for more films based on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, "it wouldn’t be a big loss," the official Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano editorialized on Wednesday. The paper previously called the pic "devoid of any particular emotion apart from a great chill" and "the most anti-Christmas film possible." (Our Maitland says they must not have seen Sweeney Todd!).... Per Variety, Sam Raimi next will spin Drag Me to Hell, a thriller he wrote with his brother, Ivan.... Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah and Sophie Okonedo have signed on for The Secret Life of Bees (buy the novel at Amazon), while Dakota Fanning is in talks to play the girl taken in by three sisters.... Dwight Little (Anacondas) will direct Tekken, based on the video game. read more
  • Golden Compass Points North, to No. 1 Box-office Slot | Today's News: Our Take | 12/10/2007
    The Golden Compass topped the weekend box office with $26.1 million — a take described as "modest" when compared to the initial hauls of peers such as Lord of the Rings ($47.2 million) and Chronicles of Narnia ($65.6 mil). Enchanted placed second with $10.7 million.Rounding out the top five were This Christmas ($5 mil), Fred Claus ($4.7 mil) and Beowulf ($4.4 mil). In limited release, the largely hailed Juno averaged a huge $60,016 per screen, while Atonement averaged $25,528. read more

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