Complete rubbish

Rating: 4/10 (25 November 2001)

While the visuals were occasionally pleasing, this is the nicest thing I can manage to say about this terrible movie. I usually try to express my opinions with subtle language, but such expressions fail me when I think back on the 200 minutes of torture I just put myself through.
I was not a bully in school, but even I would have made sure to beat the crap out of Harry Potter on a regular basis if he were ever my classmate. He was in the paradoxical position of being a total moron of a student, and nonetheless a teacher's pet. Apparently, this was because he had some powerful parents. Add to this a total lack of any charisma, and you have a formula for a kid who would ordinarily never keep his lunch money past 10 AM. But, magically, Potter becomes some sort of a hero. Nice fantasy! I never realized how much I need justice to prevail in fairy tales. Apparently I do, because here I am, angry that Harry Potter didn't become the #1 wedgie recipient of his class.