2005 - Rated PG-13 - 2 hr 37 min
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Timothy Spall, Bonnie Wright, Tom Felton, Robert Pattinson, Jason Isaacs, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Warwick Davis, Clemence Poesy, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Brendan Gleeson, Miranda Richardson, Gary Oldman, Shirley Henderson, Ralph Fiennes
The biggest book so far and it's the choppiest movie. Maybe I'm overly critical because this is my favorite book in the series. I'm not even partial to Hermione's S.P.E.W. subplot but I'm still mad it's not in the movie.
Still, they do a great job bringing the big stuff to life - the TriWizard Tournament, the Voldemort confrontation. Although I didn't like the cerebral quality they gave to the maze. It's supposed to be monsters, not their own personal demons. Anyway, aside from this, my only other critique is the director's apparent mis-steps in some seasons. Hermione overreacts here and there, Dumbledore basically attacks Harry in one scene - acts that are largely out of character to the seasoned HP fan, maybe not so for the untrained eye. It feels like Newell didn't get a full grasp of some of the relationships here.
And also, everyone needs a bloody haircut in this movie...
Oh yeah. Screw you, Twilight, for making Cedric Diggory a vampire. We had him first, you jerks.
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