Excellent. Worth the time.

Rating: 9/10 (18 November 2002)

The Harry Potter franchise is one of my favorites, and the biggest reason is simple: It isn't Disney and it isn't manipulating our children into anything.
I'm in my... ahem... 30's, and I see absolutely nothing wrong with being a big Harry Potter fan. (No, I don't live in my parents basement, and no I didn't dress up to see the movie). This stuff is FUN! I envy today's kids for having something so wholesome and downright entertaining to watch.
This second movie was worth every penny and every second invested in watching it. It's entertaining and fun.
Admission to a movie in Canada is $13.50, so needless to say I am often reluctant to pay that much for a theater experience when I have the DVD player and the big screen at home. This movie was worth it.
You can nitpick and complain about something in any movie you see, and I'm not going to do that here. Overall it was excellent. I enjoy the way these movies have stayed faithful to the books, and I really wish that more book-to-film projects would do so.
Poor John Cleese... still getting the big bucks for a few seconds of film time... but as I recall, there is a meatier role for Nearly Headless Nick in the next book.