A great tour of an old castle

Rating: 9/10 (9 December 2002)

Somehow I felt like I was being shown this castle by a real estate agent. The story was a little light, but man was it beautifully filmed. The three kids in the lead roles are marvelous actors and I was excited just to get to see them light up the screen. Charisma! Still, I just felt that the movie was lacking something. I needed a deeper story to hold the scenes together (most of the scenes individually were great, but they just didn't get). It seemed like Harry never really figured anything out, he just had the answers given to him.
I give the movie an 8, but eagerly await the next installment which was probably my favorite of the books.
How long will part 4 be? 6 hours?