Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry ignores warnings not to return to Hogwarts, only to find the school plagued by a series of mysterious attacks and a strange voice haunting him. Harry's second year at school, involves house elves, flying cars, giant spiders, phoenixes, giant serpents, and more...
- Director:
- Chris Columbus ('Bicentennial Man', 'Mrs. Doubtfire')
- Writer:
- Steve Kloves
- Cast:
- Daniel RadcliffeKenneth BranaghRupert GrintJulie WaltersEmma WatsonAlan RickmanRichard HarrisJason IsaacsMaggie SmithRobbie Coltrane
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressDarker and more dramatic, this account of Harry's troubled second year at Hogwarts may be a bit overlong and unmodulated in pacing, but it possesses a confidence and intermittent flair that begin to give it a life of its own apart of the literary franchise, something the initial picture never achieved.
Roger Ebert
pressBrimming with invention and new ideas, and its Hogwarts School seems to expand and deepen before our very eyes into a world large enough to conceal unguessable secrets -- What a glorious movie.
New York Post
pressScreenwriter Steve Kloves still seems overly dedicated to cramming in every detail of J.K. Rowling's novel - while tacking on a schmaltzy Hollywood ending.
Variety
pressDarker and more dramatic, this account of Harry's troubled second year at Hogwarts may be a bit overlong and unmodulated in pacing, but it possesses a confidence and intermittent flair that begin to give it a life of its own apart of the literary franchise, something the initial picture never achieved.
Roger Ebert
pressBrimming with invention and new ideas, and its Hogwarts School seems to expand and deepen before our very eyes into a world large enough to conceal unguessable secrets -- What a glorious movie.
New York Post
pressScreenwriter Steve Kloves still seems overly dedicated to cramming in every detail of J.K. Rowling's novel - while tacking on a schmaltzy Hollywood ending.
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