Release Date (UK) - 15 July 2009
Certificate (UK) - 12A
Country - UK/USA
Director - David Yates
Runtime - 153 mins
Starring - Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
Face it, whoever made them the Harry Potter films were never going to stand up to the incredible detail and length of the books. In this fifth installment Harry's (Daniel Radcliffe) sixth year of Hogwarts begins and Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are terrorising the world of magic. Meanwhile Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) enlists Harry's help to try and help defeat Voldemort by discovering how he has returned to power and destroying him.
This is perhaps the poorest Harry Potter film yet in terms of adaptation - there is far too much focus on love stories between the teenagers and the majority of the Voldemort story is missed - younger children will probably be quite bored for long periods as the various love triangles play out. So much is squeezed out that central characters are not introduced by name and I couldn't remember who they were as the last film was so long ago even Lavender Brown was barely named once and shes in a lot of scenes.
Obviouslly as the books are so intricate and the stories so well written there's no way that these films couldn't keep you gripped on the story but with adverts this one was so long I felt nauseous towards the end after having been in quite a stuffy cinema for so long. Perhaps the last book which is going to be made in two film installments will make for a better adaptation as there will be more room for plot but this one was thoroughly disappointing for anyone whose read the books, probably not so for those who haven't.
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