If you like Potter movies, skip this one.

Rating: 4/10 (5 March 2006)

After hearing and reading from so many places about this being the best and most exciting Harry Potter movie so far, this was a major disappointment.
Being a movie that was hopefully meant for children from 5 to 8 years old and the fact that it's a Harry Potter movie, it may be excused that the movie was somewhat foreseeable, but why oh why was it so long. By cutting off material that didn't seem to have anything to do with the plot movie would have been a short subject but so much better. There is a ballroom dance scene that lasts for hours, or at least feels like it, without anything to do with the story. It seems there is an enormous amount of material that has put into the movie just to make it longer. The movie is also filled with annoyances and things that just didn't make any sense. One of the things in particular is the "you'll stand alone"-speech about the TriWizard tournament. Because of it Harry seems like a cheater. He is helped by half of Hogwarts for every challenge, never mind the fair-play and try telling your kids not to cheat on exams after this. And why are all the people always gathered to cheer and watch these great tournament events in places from which it's impossible to see anything that is happening. Furthermore the ending just becomes ridiculous because of the Bond-cliché: "I've got my enemy, but alas I won't destroy him once and for all, I shall first give a pointless speech and allow him at least to escape if not defeat me". Well, I guess you just can't kill the hero in the end, especially if there are sequels to come.
The best part of the movie is the "Directed by Mike Newell" appearing at the end. I also have to say there is much less quedditch than in the previous films, which is good, because the game makes absolutely no sense.