The Golden Compass (2007)
New Line Cinema
Dakota Blue Richards and Ian McKellen as the voice of Iorek Byrnison in "The Golden Compass," directed by Chris Weitz.
Movie Review | 'Atonement '
“Atonement” is an almost classical example of how pointless, how diminishing, the transmutation of literature into film can be.
A Misdirected 'Compass'
Stephen Hunter has a hard time staying awake in "The Golden Compass
": "As
a manifestation of first-rate movie design chops, 'The Golden Compass'
is splendid for several seconds at the beginning of each new scene. Of
dramatic virtues, however, it is notoriously miserly, managing to be
dull and confusing at once
."• 'The Golden Compass': National Showtimes
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A Dazzler From Any Point of View
Ann Hornaday adores Atonement
," which does a beautiful job of translating Ian McEwan's novel into cinema: "[Director
Joe] Wright ... proves to be as much a master of his medium as McEwan
is of his, using the full cinematic palette of sound, image and
performance to create a film that works both as a heady, old-fashioned
wartime romance and as a subtle, almost postmodern meditation on
narrative, truth and the by turns treacherous and consoling power of art
." • 'Atonement': National Showtimes | Trailer
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Movie Review | 'Atonement '
“Atonement” is an almost classical example of how pointless, how diminishing, the transmutation of literature into film can be.