2004 - Rated PG - 2 hr 21 min
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Griffiths, Gary Oldman, Bonnie Wright, David Thewlis, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton, Dawn French, Emma Thompson, Julie Christie, Timothy Spall
Watching these in a row, the actors are growing up right before my eyes. Actually, it's kinda cool. It's also fun to watch the story unfold in succession like this. It's not fun, however, to watch several 2+ hour movies in a row. My butt's starting to hurt somewhere around the end of this movie.
Still, this movie takes a marked turn away from the happy-go-lucky Hogwarts vibe that Chris Columbus established. It's probably got a lot to do with the new director, but it aptly captures the feeling of the third book. Bleak, sad, dreary. It's an important segue for Harry to go from Yay I'm a Wizard! to Crap, Voldemort Wants to Kill Everyone and I have to Stop Him. Rowling does a good job in the series translating this to us and Cuaron was the right guy to take over for this film.
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