Not my favorite of the series

Rating: 5/10 (23 April 2020)

If there is a Harry Potter film that could be removed w/o contributing much to the plot, I'd say it's either this one or the seventh one.
Disclaimer: I never grew up on the Harry Potter series nor have I read the books. So my review may be biased.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban continue the Harry Potter story about an escaped prisoner who may be out to harm Harry. Of course, there is a concern for Hogwarts as the inevitable fight between good and evil continues once again. Yet, I found the eventual plot twist so distasteful and unbelievable that it crashed my suspension of belief & ruined the film for me.
This movie is a bit darker than the previous two films before it. We can slowly see a shift in Potter's loss of childlike innocence as he is prepared for the next installments of the series. It's a theme that I felt the series cannot be without.
2.5/5.