OK at best.

Rating: 4/10 (1 December 2005)

In all fairness I confess that I can't separate the book from the movie. That being said, I did not like this movie. It certainly wasn't a "bad" movie, but it was disappointing compared to the wonderful 4th book. Cramming 700+ pages into a 2 1/2 hour movie is certainly no enviable task....though I suppose pleasing teenagers and the general public requires it.
The Good: The Weasley twins, Ralph Fiennes excellent portrayal of Voldemort, the musical score, most action scenes done well, the return of favorites like Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman.
The Bad: Seems choppy and rushed at points; though humorous, they add rather tacked on scenes instead of the very "Harry Potterish" humor from the book; Daniel Radcliffe's continued wooden performance; And yes....all of the wonderful things from the book that I know they had to cut like the Weasleys crashing the Dursley House, Winky, SPEW, Ludo Bagman, Dobby and the fleshed out Rita Skeeter subplot.
The Ugly: Michael Gambon's Dumbledore. An affront to the character of Dumbledore!! He would never manhandle a student! Or stand around looking scared! This is simply unforgivable. I saw a suggestion of Peter O'Toole, sounds great to me....anything but this guy.
I can't recommend this movie, but I can't fairly pan it either.