Wonderful moments, a bit episodic

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2001)

The film is well done, good CGI effects and a couple of moments that you just don't expect (even if you have read the book)that could make you jump out of your seat (it happened to both at least half of the friends I went with - total of 36). The movie suffers of a few hard cuts while changing scene (time and place) especially in the first half an hour, very episodic. From the moment Hagrid appears it really kicks off and gets better and better with very memorable moments as such as the quidditch game and the chess match at the end, rivaling Goonies' best moments. Overall a very well done movie that suffers from the book structure very far from what a movie goer is used to.