Not as pleased as the reviewers

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 2001)

I was disappointed in the story and the acting. There were too many weaknesses in the story as it was presented. The extremely ill treatment of Harry by his aunt, her husband, and their son, for nothing more than her dislike of her sister because she was a wizard, seemed overly severe and not well founded, at least as presented. Another small point of many, I'm not a fan of politically correctness, but, taking the Stone from the bank without informing them is theft no matter whether its the good guys or the bad guys and is a poor example in children's movie. Then to hide it behind a three headed animal which will kill anything, adult or child, seemed a little heavy. Unfortunately I was disappointed by much more, not the least of which was the much of the acting. Most of the characters looked their part, but I have seen much better acting presentation, particularly, in the lead roles, in far lower rated movies. While I found the story line old and cliched, it is amiable but presented too fast for what was necessary to fulfill the story or characters presentations. Sorry! Only a 3. AJH