Exciting, yet predictable.

Rating: 7/10 (18 November 2001)

Harry Potter was a fun movie, especially if you have children who are enchated by these stories. But taking it on it's own as just a movie, without any pre-read book bias, it is a mediocre movie.
Now, I must preface this by saying, I have not read the books, so I have not had the chance to come under J.K. Rowling's spell. But when you watch the movie, it feels like you are reading a book and each scene is only a chapter without a flow to the story line. Each little adventure does not seem to really advance the story. It was a fun movie though with your usual special effects although there was nothing ground breaking. The Quidditch/Broomstick scenes made use of CG humans which I thought was particularly unconvincing Overall fun, but make sure you bring a kid/adult who enjoys Mr. Potter so you can revel in the public hysteria that is Hogwart's.