The Golden Compass

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.

Cast

Nicole Kidman

as Marisa Coulter

Daniel Craig

as Lord Asriel

Dakota Blue Richards

as Lyra Belacqua

Ben Walker

as Roger Parslow

Freddie Highmore

as Pantalaimon (voice)

Ian McKellen

as Iorek Byrnison (voice)

Eva Green

as Serafina Pekkala

Jim Carter

as John Faa

Tom Courtenay

as Farder Coram

Ian McShane

as Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Philip Pullman novels are always dark and intricate - and they don't necessarily make a great deal of sense in isolation - so adapting them for the screen was likely to be a tough ask. This story centres around the young "Lyra" (Dakota Blue Richards) who overhears some sinister plotting by the "Magi...

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