A very good movie, but it doesn't top the first one!

Rating: 9/10 (17 July 2003)

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This is a lovely follow up to the first film. It is fun to see Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Grainger back together again!

It's back to Hogwarts again with Professors Dumbledorf and staff hard at work teaching and protecting their young wizards. Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets gets off to a flying start When Ronald Weasley and his brothers rescue Harry in a flying car! Harry is warned not to go back to Hogwarts by a strange and pathetic creature named Dobby, but Harry wouldn't miss his second year for the world. It becomes clear that there is trouble ahead for the young wizards of Hogwarts and that they are no longer safe when the Chamber of secrets is opened in the Castle.
We continue to learn more about Harry and his amazing past when mysteries surface regarding the heir of Slytherin, one of the founders of the school. Once again, Harry must confront an evil foe and the future of Hogwarts is tied into his success or failure.
I haven't read the Harry Potter books, so I'm commenting on the movies alone and not how faithful they are to the books. My favorite of the two Harry Potter movies is still the first, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone. That movie is a magical movie, no pun intended! This installment, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is very good, but it just can't top the chess game in the first movie, nor does it quite match the quaint and lovely atmosphere of the first film. However, it comes close and is a good movie in its own right. Well done! I rate it an 89/100. The first one is a 91/100!