2007 · fantasy · adventure · family
The Golden Compass (2007)
Directed by Chris Weitz1h 53m2007
In a parallel universe, after overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
Our read: The Golden Compass (2007) (2007) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive fantasy · adventure · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured fantasy / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
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