The worst HP film by far.

Rating: 4/10 (22 November 2005)

What was Mike Newell thinking when he turned down the original idea of having two long films for this book? This one, despite its wonderful performances by Gleeson and Fiennes and yes, at last, even Radcliffe, is a dismal failure. And it's all at the feet of the director who chose to leave out many scenes which were important to the next book, and a few that were important even to this one.
Further, for the first half of the film, Newell either allowed or directed Gambon to read his lines as a harsh Dumbledore - which is totally out of character.
Mike Newell - shame on you. We could have had something magnificent. You chose to do the easy thing, instead of the right one.