Excellent, Brilliant What more can I say!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (12 November 2001)

Both myself and my 11 year old son are avid fans of the Harry Potter series of books. Not being able to wait until the release date we went to see a preview showing the weekend before, and now we have seen it are seriously considering going again.
This is the only film that I have seen that follows the book to the word. We both thought that the characters in the book were cast very well, as they looked and portrayed them exactly as you imaged them to be in the book.
Robbie Coltrane, gave an outstanding portrayal as Hagrid the friendly and lovable giant. Richard Harris is Dumbledore and Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe look as if they were born to play Hermione, Ron and Harry. I only hope that in the weeks to come Emma and Rupert get as much recognition as Daniel is going to get.
I did think that two and a half hours for was a little to long for a kids film, knowing how hard it is for them to concentrate for that long. However after seeing it I can confidently say that not one of the kids in the cinema, and it was packed to the rafters, appeared to be anything but glued to the screen for the whole time. Proving that if you make a film good enough, and this one is, you will be able to make any kid sit back in wonder while they are taken into the world of, their hero, Harry Potter.