quite decent

Rating: 7/10 (6 August 2002)

Of course, the book is better, but the movie stands on its own rather well. They did an excellent job of translating as much of the book as possible, editing smartly. Still, the pacing felt rushed to me, and there was never any real sense of the kids learning, no montage sequence of them in classes. Additionally, Quirrel was non-existent. there was no reason to fear him, nor Voldemort. The sense of danger must be developed in the following films. Still, I throughly enjoyed the movie.