Not a Bad Effort

Rating: 8/10 (12 November 2001)

The book has been 90% faithfully represented on screen to the film makers credit. However as with many of the other comments so far I honestly believe the feelings of wonder you have whilst reading the story are simply lost in the transition to film. The adults actors are fine, the children are on the whole cast well and the effects are OK but nothing special. I had read the book beforehand but the friend I saw this with had not, yet we both felt the same at the end - something was missing that's hard to pin point - something to stop us really liking the film as much as we would have hoped. I'd still recommend everyone to see it at least once to make up your own minds though - Potter fans or not.