Enjoyable mixture of fantasy and comedy

Rating: 7/10 (5 November 2001)

HP is very enjoyable. It has several features that make it a good film; the story- which is about magic, evil and friendship. This story works really well- I had read the book before watching it, and thought that it was a very good adaptation.
The stars of the movie, though Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are not very impressive the rest of the cast are wonderful- especially Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, and Zoe Wanamaker. (It was good that all the actors were British).

The chess scene was a highlight of the film, also the twists and turns of the plot were done well.
I feel that the use of bluescreen effects and CGI were overly used, some of the effects were not good and you could tell that they were not outside etc. Other than that piont I cant complain, though I do think that younger people will prefer it more, maybe under 16.
I have thought a long and hard about what rating to give it, there are a mixture and positives and negatives. Children will really enjoy it. *******7 out of 10*******