There are worlds beyond our own — the compass will show the way.
Cast |
Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Ben Walker, Eva Green, Jim Carter |
Director |
Chris Weitz |
Screenplay | Chris Weitz, from the novel by Philip Pullman |
Music | Alexandre Desplat |
Cinematography | Henry Braham |
Editing | Anne V. Coates, Peter Honess, Kevin Trent |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2007 |
Produced by | New Line Cinema, Scholastic Productions, Depth of Field, Ingenious Film Partners, Rhythm and Hues |
Official Site | IMDB page
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Little Lyra's big adventure. | 10 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 10 | |
Cape Times Kirk Honeycutt All signs point to movie escapism. | 10 | |
iAfrica.com Melanie Daly It's good — even great — fantasy. It's fun, adventurous and magical, but only if taken with a healthy dose of reality. | 15 | |
The Citizen Annette Bayne First film sets a good foundation for rest of a planned trilogy. | 14 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge Exceptional fantasy epic. | 15 | |
Metacritic.com 6 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 31 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer | 8 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 1134 Netizens Somewhat of a let-down. | 14 | |
Average .. 58% | 12 |