Product: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Rating: 4.0
A trying year for Harry
Harry Potter returns for his fourth year at Hogwarts to find that the school is hosting the Tri-Wizard Tourament, which consists of a competition with two other schools, the French Beauxbattons, and Bulgarian Durmstrang. Only pupils over 17 can enter their names for the tournament, one from each school will be chosen by the Goblet of Fire. However, when the goblet produces the names of those chosen, there are four names, the fourth being Harry's. this makes him very unpopular for a while, as everyone assumes he must have cheated to get his name into the goblet. However, soon Harry has more important things to worry about, like surviving a duel with a fire-breathing dragon, and the possible return of Lord Voldemort and his followers.This film does a pretty good job of translating the book to the screen, though necessarily about half the plot is eliminated in order to keep the story to a resonable length. There are spectacular special effects which will keep the children entertained, and although much of the humour of the book is missing, there is enough left to raise a few smiles. The pangs of adolescent love of Harry and his friends are amusingly portrayed, and although not much is shown of the romance between Hagrid and Madame Max. headmistress of Beauxbattons (Frances de La Tour), what there is is quite touching. The girls of Beauxbattons are suitably gorgeous, and doomed Cedric Diggory is heartbreakingly handsome.A film that should keep everyone happily absorbed until the end.