Charming but uneven Potter chapter.

Rating: 6/10 (25 November 2011)

Director Mike Newell follows Cuaron's lead in pursuing darker tones and psychological under-currents for the newest Potter installment. It's just too bad that Newell's execution at dramatic points is not as good as Cuaron's. The acting is as good as ever with everyone in fine form especially Fiennes in a powerful part. Rowling's charming storytelling is still alive and well, but the characters have grown in this chapter. This causes more teenage hormones to come out, which plays against the dark, ominous fantasy. Newell does not combine the two well, so the two become uneven and lack balance. Newell gives a good effort, but he simply lacks the power of Cuaron's previous storytelling.