Special effects take over and it has a very small plot!Wait for it on DVD/Videotape!

Rating: 5/10 (8 December 2001)

Well today, I finally caved in and saw this movie. For starters I'm sick and tired about "Harry Potter". What I saw was just as I was expecting for a very big hyped movie. The movie itself had a very small plot(mainly Harry's first year at special school for wizards) and a small subplot about a special stone. This acting at times seems very wooden from both the actors, the extras etc. There is special effects overkill in this movie.

The running time is a little over 2 1/2 hours. This movies moves very slowly a lot of the time. Even when they have special effects it seems like it's a too long of a movie. I liked the adult actors, but I hope the child actors playing Harry Potter etc do not get typecast as they could if they play their roles until they are grown up. I also wondered if parts of this movie were left out on the cutting room floor.
I say if you are die hard fan of the series, see this movie, But if you are causal fan or just sick and tired of the whole "Harry Potter" thing wait for it on DVD/videotape.