The Golden Compass (2007) 6/10

Starring : Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Freddie Highmore, Ian McKellan
Director : Chris Weitz
Running Time : 114 mins

In a parallel universe a young girl named Lyra (Richards) is caught up in a kidnapping plot, whereby she discovers some very unusual experiments, involving something known only as dust, are taking place in the hope of removing children’s animal-shaped souls from them, leaving them emotionless husks of their former selves.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this. I quite enjoyed the book, but had heard some terrible reviews of the movie. Thankfully it wasn’t that bad, with some interesting special effects and some nice takes on the story itself. Richards was pretty annoying as Lyra at first, but grew into the role as the movie progressed, and Craig and Kidman did their best, though Kidman did ham it up a little, feeling more like Cruella De Ville than anything else..

You’ll like this if you liked : The Chronicles Of Narnia : The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe