Impressive.

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2003)

Impressive adaptation of the first Harry Potter novel as the boy himself is surprised to what he inherited from his deceased parents and heads off to the Hogwarts school to solve the mystery and who was responsible.
Director Chris Columbus deserves a lot of credit for keeping the movie itself belivable yet creative. The three young leads (Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint) are pretty good here just as the supporting cast, consisting of mostly well-known British actors and actresses.
I don't mean to offend any of the die hard fans of the series by saying this, but this movie didn't deliver the same punch veilocity as "The Lord of the Rings" did.