As close to the book as I've ever seen

Rating: 8/10 (21 November 2001)

I don't think I have ever seen a movie that has so closely followed its parent novel as "Harry Potter." Huge chunks of dialogue were taken verbatim from the book. The special effects were terrific, the kids were perfectly cast (although I pictured Neville as a short, scrawny type), and I finally got to see how to play Quiddich.
On the down side, Peeves the Pesky Poltergeist had to be cut from the screenplay. And they should have kept in the Sorting Hat's poem.