Loses _everything_ in the translation

Rating: 4/10 (20 November 2001)

Well, having enjoyed the books, I was looking forward to this. As usual, I was greatly disappointed.
A terrific cast was wasted by plodding direction that instilled no wonder or excitement anywhere. The script seemed pretty faithful, sure, but maybe that was the problem. The Quidditch match stuck in my mind as being exceptionally dull. We lost all the interest and build up of the training, and the execution of the actual match was very uninvolving.
The kids who played Ron and Hermione were excellent, but Daniel Radcliff displayed no discernable acting ability beyond dropping his jaw and widening his eyes. Perhaps this is Chris Columbus's fault. I'm sure the rest of it was.