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The Golden Compass (2007)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.4
The Golden Compass poster

Overview

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.


Starring Cast


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative

Overview

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.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film explicitly critiques a powerful, dogmatic religious institution that suppresses knowledge and individual freedom, and harms children, aligning its central thesis with progressive anti-authoritarian and pro-intellectual freedom ideologies.

The movie features a predominantly white main cast without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on a critique of an oppressive institution rather than explicitly challenging or negatively portraying traditional identities.

Secondary

The film portrays the Magisterium, an allegorical religious institution, as the primary antagonist. It is depicted as an oppressive, cruel, and controlling force that suppresses knowledge and individual freedom, with the narrative consistently condemning its actions and ideology.

The film 'The Golden Compass' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story primarily focuses on Lyra Belacqua's adventures and the conflict surrounding Dust, without incorporating any queer representation or related plotlines.

The Golden Compass does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a young girl's journey in a parallel world, involving daemons, witches, and an authoritarian organization, without addressing gender identity or transition.

The film features several prominent female characters, including Lyra Belacqua, Mrs. Coulter, and Serafina Pekkala. While Serafina Pekkala, a witch, engages in combat against male adversaries, her victories are achieved through magical abilities and ranged attacks, not close-quarters physical combat. No female character is depicted defeating male opponents in hand-to-hand, martial arts, or melee weapon fights.

The film adaptation faithfully retains the established genders of all major and significant characters from Philip Pullman's source novel, "Northern Lights" (The Golden Compass). No characters canonically, historically, or widely established as one gender are portrayed as a different gender in the movie.

Based on the source material, Philip Pullman's novel, and the film's casting, no major character canonically established as one race was portrayed by an actor of a different race. All significant characters align with their original depictions.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.1
The Movie Database logo
6.1

Critic Ratings

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4.2
Metacritic logo
5.1

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