Acting was Trash

Rating: 4/10 (23 November 2005)

As as been mentioned in other reviews, Emma Watson overreacts while having normal conversations. Her acting in the Yule ball was awful. Rupert Grint has trouble speaking, his voice is really squeaky, and you can barely make out what he is saying.
The acting was redeemed by the older actors who knew what they were doing, such as Maggie Smith (Macgonagall) and Alan Rickman (Snape). This is with the exception of Micheal Gambon (Dumbledore) who is portrayed as using violence against the students. This is not how the character is meant to be, he is meant to be a source of comfort to Harry like a parent would be, he is also supposed to guide Harry subtly through the different tasks. This was a disappointing discovery to make. However their parts were too small.
There wasn't much humour as there is in the books. This was also disappointing.