I felt as if I'd already seen it

Rating: 8/10 (24 November 2005)

When I saw this film with my family last night, I couldn't help feeling that I had already seen it. Unlike many film sequels, it doesn't leave me with the feeling that I've been handed a grab-bag of leftovers. It was well acted, with excellent special effects, and even having a horde of middle-schoolers wielding cell phones and darting back and forth to talk to one another in front of us didn't keep me from enjoying myself. I've just seen it already.
Emma Watson is, as always, excellent, and Rupert Grint's eternally astonishing face is a gem. Daniel Radcliffe, as always, has the unenviable job of being the unwilling and not-particularly-distinguished hero, and acquitted himself well. The directing was good. You will enjoy this if you have enjoyed the other ones, because it is very much the same thing, and nothing succeeds like consistent quality, after all.