wanted it to look more like the book but otherwise excellent

Rating: 7/10 (4 June 2005)

Wonderful movie except - David Thewlis looked too creepy to be Remus (don't leave the children alone with him), the werewolf looked like a cross between a wolf and a bug from Men in Black, and Padfoot wasn't remotely bearlike. And the dementors looked like cloth over a balloon like you'd use to decorate your porch at Halloween. Many good things, though. Emma Thompson was fantastic as Prof. Trelawny. Oh- Gandalf, uh, Dumbledore needed a manicure, but Michael Gambon otherwise did well filling in for Richard Harris. Pretty scenery, some diversions from the book worked well (e.g.,when H&H went back in time). The Marauder's Map was very well done. Alan Rickman was a perfect Snape again. The televisions in the Dursley house were a great touch.