Best adaptation of a book to movie I've seen

Rating: 9/10 (3 December 2001)

Casting was excellent. Especially Harry, Hermione and Hagrid were exactly as I had imagined.
John Williams didn't succeed as well as I had expected with the score. I had hoped for a perky little Harry Potter -theme to show up and evolve during the series of movies to come. There probably was a theme for every character, but nothing like in the first Star Wars -trilogy!