Not bad but...

Rating: 7/10 (3 December 2005)

Overall, I liked the film but just couldn't get over the feeling that they cut too much from the book. There were a lot of characters who didn't appear. For new characters that were included, they didn't seem to have much depth. In fact, even some of the main characters other Harry lacked depth. This book in the series is supposed to show a major transition in the adolescent development of students, but aside from the fact that they're obviously older, so much was either minimized or left out entirely. This was inevitable given the length of the book, but even so, I felt that there was just way too much missing. I hope that they'll do an extended version DVD with a lot more scenes added.