Wow!

Rating: Null/10 (21 August 2002)

J. K. Rowlings' series has gotten children all over the world to READ! Thank you, thank you, thank you, to everyone involved in the making of this film, for staying true to the book.
This was a first, for a whole generation of kids, to see a book they've read and loved, come to the screen...just think about how many times YOU'VE been disappointed in a book-to-screen translation.
After seeing the film, I re-read the book, and was amazed at how many wonderful lines and scenes had been lifted whole from the book!
The casting was perfect. The kids, of course, but Richard Harris, Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman were just as my grandkids had pictured them. Robbie Coltrane was the icing on the cake. He IS Hagrid!

Can't wait for the rest of the series. Our family, Grandparents, Parents and Kids, already have a date for November 15, 2002 for Chamber of Secrets!
Go, Harry!