Redefines 10

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2001)

Before this weekend, I gave only 4 movies (of over 200) an IMDB rating of 10. Except for Shrek and One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, I will downgrade the others to 9 (and some 9s down to 8, etc.). That's a bit of work, but The Sorceror's Stone is that kind of movie.
Beyond that, the only rave that I can add to all the others is I have never before watched a movie that so duplicated what I had imagined when I read the book. Of all the characters including the minor ones, only Harry's mother was not exactly as I had imagined them. Even then when I reread the novel's description of her, I discovered my imagination had been in error, not the movie.
Harry Potter fans who are skipping the movie so that it won't cloud their own personal visions are truly doing themselves a grave injustice.