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The Golden Compass
2007
· Movie
· 113 min
D
MEANRANK
57/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4482
- IMDb #4320
- Google retired #1851
- Rotten Tomatoes #3917
- Metacritic #3586
- Letterboxd #4661
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4176
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3926
- Metacritic Critics #3316
- Metacritic Audience #3803
- Criticker #3426
- Kinopoisk #3704
- AlloCiné #3747
- Trakt #3954
Every rating
30–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 30, highest is Google on 86. Critics average 46, everyone else 59.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a parallel world where people's souls exist outside their bodies as animal companions called daemons, a young girl is given a mysterious truth-telling device called an alethiometer. She uncovers a sinister plot involving the kidnapping of children and a substance called "Dust." She sets out on a journey to the far North to rescue her best friend and other missing children, accompanied by an armored bear and a crew of gyptians, all while evading a powerful and ruthless organization that seeks the device.
Details
- Director
- Chris Weitz
- Writer
- Chris Weitz
- Based on
- Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
- Released
- 4 December 2007
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $180.0M
- Box office
- $372.2M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 26 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 30 →2 major awards won · 4 wins from 30 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Visual Effects | Michael L. Fink Bill Westenhofer Ben Morris Trevor Wood | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 2007 | Best Special Visual Effects | Michael L. Fink Bill Westenhofer Ben Morris Trevor Wood | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Art Direction | Dennis Gassner (art director) Anna Pinnock (set decorator) | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2007 | Best Young Actress | Dakota Blue Richards | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2007 | Best Family Film | Nominee | |
| ALFS Awards 2007 | British Breakthrough - Acting | Dakota Blue Richards | Nominee |
| Excellence in Production Design Awards 2007 | Fantasy Film | Dennis Gassner (production designer) Richard L. Johnson (supervising art director) Chris Lowe (art director) Andy Nicholson (art director) Tino Schaedler (art director - digital sets) James Foster (standby art director) Gavin Fitch (assistant art director) Helen Xenopoulos (assistant art director) | Winner |
| Golden Reel Awards 2007 | Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film | Gerard McCann (supervising music editor) Peter Clarke (music editor) Robert Houston (additional music editor) Andrew Dudman (additional music editor) Sam Okell (additional music editor) Stuart Morton (additional music editor) | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Visual Effects | Michael L. Fink Bill Westenhofer Ben Morris Trevor Wood | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Dennis Gassner (art director) Anna Pinnock (set decorator) | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Special Visual Effects | Michael L. Fink Bill Westenhofer Ben Morris Trevor Wood | Winner |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Family Film | Nominee | |
| Best Young Actress | Dakota Blue Richards | Nominee |
IFMCA Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film | Alexandre Desplat | Winner |
| Film Score of the Year | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Excellence in Production Design Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Fantasy Film | Dennis Gassner (production designer) Richard L. Johnson (supervising art director) Chris Lowe (art director) Andy Nicholson (art director) Tino Schaedler (art director - digital sets) James Foster (standby art director) Gavin Fitch (assistant art director) Helen Xenopoulos (assistant art director) | Winner |
Satellite Awards
5 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Henry Braham | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | Nominee | |
| Best Original Song | Kate Bush (for the song " Lyra ") | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Mike Prestwood Smith Mark Taylor Glenn Freemantle | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Michael L. Fink Bill Westenhofer Ben Morris Trevor Wood | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
4 nominations
| Best Costume | Ruth Myers | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Film | Nominee | |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Dakota Blue Richards | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Michael L. Fink Bill Westenhofer Ben Morris Trevor Wood | Nominee |
National Movie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Family Film | Nominee | |
| Best Performance - Female | Dakota Blue Richards | Nominee |
| Best Performance - Female | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
2 nominations
| Best Animation/Family Poster | Nominee | |
| Best Animation/Family TV Spot | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
2 nominations
| Best Family Feature Film (Fantasy or Musical) | Nominee | |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress | Dakota Blue Richards | Nominee |
ALFS Awards
1 nomination
| British Breakthrough - Acting | Dakota Blue Richards | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film | Gerard McCann (supervising music editor) Peter Clarke (music editor) Robert Houston (additional music editor) Andrew Dudman (additional music editor) Sam Okell (additional music editor) Stuart Morton (additional music editor) | Nominee |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form | Chris Weitz (written by/director) Philip Pullman (based on the novel by) | Nominee |
Taurus Awards
1 nomination
| Best High Work | Paul Herbert Nicholas Daines | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture | Michael L. Fink Bill Westenhofer Ben Morris Trevor Wood | Nominee |
World Soundtrack Awards
1 nomination
| Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |