Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Reviews

Order of the Phoenix is a burning success.

Well At last! An enjoyable film that appeals to adults, adolescents as well as children. With more than just a nod to LOTR, it successfully combines a dark, grim, questing and fearful atmosphere that captures the attention and the empathy of the audience in a way other HP films may have failed to before. What I also liked about this film was its far less clumsy understanding of the changing nature of self (especially as one grows up at school). Emotional problems are less obviously signposted and less easily resolved. This was, in other words, more realistic, joined-up and intuitive.

Ultimately, the 2 new characters (the macabre professor and the, dizzy yet frankly strange student) were marvellous for their idiosyncracies and the additions their characters brought to the plot. Speaking of which, the usual HP plot was there. A conspiracy, a quest, a tragedy and a triumph with a smattering of barely suppressed romance and adult-child relations thrown in for good measure. HP fans will not be disappointed and doublely so because the younger ones will have gronw up with this genre now and be demanding more than just quidditch fun and games.

Go and take your OWLs..

[Highly rated reviewer]

Definately Spell.....binding....

Another outing for our worthy wand wavers, and another sure fire hit, if anything it just gets better as our Wizards start to come of age.

Certainly the fantastic effects play a part in this, but just as magnificent are the performances of the cast. Not to be outshone by our usual friends, and foes, Imelda Staunton is gloriously horrible as Dolores Umbridge, Maggie Smith as always as Minerva, Evanna Lynch superb as Luna 'Looney' Lovegood, I could go on and on and on...

I can't see anyone with any sense of a good film not liking this, it is just a brilliant brilliant piece of storybook cinema at its very very best, superb !!!. Highly recommended.

Brilliant

I am a self confessed Potter addict. Been patiently waiting the last few months for the film to reach the cinema.

This film proves that sequels can get better!!!!!!!!

I took my 6 year old daughter who also loved the film, so its for adults and children. It has everything you could possibly want from a film, its serious in places, its romantic and funny. Of course there has been a few bits missed from the book, but i think they have done an amazingly good job all the same.

OH MY DAYS!

one of the best if not THE best film i have ever seen!, soo much better than all the rest GO SEE IT NOW

[Highly rated reviewer]

VOLDEMORTS LAST REQUEST

POTTER STINKS

AND STINKS

AND STINKS

Hardly Potter

The film equivalent of stodge with plot holes even a toddler would pick out at 10 paces - simply seemed a revenue exercise for the franchise. Disjointed scenes from a book obviously hacked to pieces to fit a 2hr attention span. Afraid young Harry Enfield, sorry, Potter, has lost a lot of his magic in this one.

[Highly rated reviewer]

better than the book

I was not looking forward to this film as the book was my least favourite so i was pleasantly surprised at this film.

The usual faults are there, the real actors are criminally underused (Emma Thompson must of been on screen 15 seconds and david thewliss even less), the screenplay leaves few surprises, and characters are not developed enough.

However, there were some real improvements on the previous installments. The three child actors are getting better and better, Luna Lovegood and Umbridge are fine additions, robbie coltrane was hardly there and the special effects were superb.

The film went at a thunderous pace and i am now looking forward to the next one.

Harry Potter

I liked the book more, and other readers may be disappointed. But it's as good an adaptation as it could be. I enjoyed it.

Another Great Movie!!!

JK ROWLING doesn't dissapoint! as i had read the books and also now seen this film at the pics!! it was even better than i thought it would be!! i am a huge HARRY POTTER FAN!! and this film definately ticks all the boxes!! A definate must go see*******************

[Highly rated reviewer]

HARRY POTTER ORDER OF THE PHEONIX

THE FILM WENT ON FOR TOO LONG IN SOME PLACES.

IT WAS BORING IN PLACES, SO MUCH SO, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE ENDING NOW.