Let's hope they are all this good!

Rating: 9/10 (2 December 2002)

This is what the first movie should have been - the right mix between action and story. I love the books. Right away I will tell you that. I started reading them when the second book was published - and I anxiously await the fifth next year. I was sadly disappointed . . . or disheartened, rather - by the first HP movie. I didn't think it captured the engaging magic of Harry Potter and his friends - and his world, and his life. This movie gets it. Maybe it is because the foundation was laid with Sorcerer's Stone. Maybe it's because it is a better movie. This movie gives an excellent story to those who do not read the books, as well as a few winks and smiles to those of us who have read them.
Either way, if you weren't sucked in after seeing the first movie - give this one a chance. These three kids have such incredible chemistry I am shocked they have not been signed for a 4th movie at this time, because of concerns about their age. I am much more willing to suspend my disbelief of them being a bit too tall for the role, than I am about seeing three new actors as Harry, Ron and Hermione.
Dobby does not need to warn you - this is a great flick.
And, by all means, give the books a try!