good effort adapting it from the book

Rating: 9/10 (13 July 2007)

Overall the movie is enjoyable. People who have never read the books may be a touch confused because some things aren't fully explained but that really doesn't take away much of the enjoyment of this movie. There are a few things I think should have been explained a bit better or in a slightly different way as they do have some bearings on future books (and most likely movies) so it will be interesting to see how they handle the exclusion of them in the next couple of movies. The child actors have certainly come a long way from the first movie and its really evident in the scenes with Harry and his friends wanting to train and fight against Voldermort. Some of the scenes may be a tad scary for younger crowds but there aren't very many of those. I'd have to say that its probably the best of the 5 so far just in terms of story, acting and overall enjoyability.