Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Reviews
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A red-blooded adventure movie, dripping with atmosphere, filled with the gruesome and the sublime, and surprisingly faithful to the novel.
Read the full reviewThe script is faithful, the actors are just right, the sets, costumes, makeup and effects match and sometimes exceed anything one could imagine.
Read the full reviewRetains (and in many cases, boosts) as much of the spirit [of the book] as you could reasonably expect. And it makes a worthy attempt to duplicate Rowling's engaging sense of humor.
Read the full reviewWhat saves Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is what created it in the first place: J.K. Rowling's enrapturing imagination. At those sporadic moments when the film allows us to share in Harry's wonder, it lets us recapture our own as well.
Read the full reviewThough the film will undoubtedly please the young viewers who flock to it, ultimately many of the book's readers may wish for a more magical incarnation.
Read the full reviewThat sense of déjà vu is at once this Harry Potter's balm and its limitation: many charms, but few surprises.
Read the full reviewAbsolutely the best single moment, beautifully presented, comes when the orphaned Harry looks in a mirror and sees his parents there. It is brilliant in its simplicity and very moving.
Read the full reviewIs the movie any good? At the dawn of the twenty-first century, when art is defined by commerce, this question is beside the point.
Read the full reviewAs a movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone has no inner life -- no pulse -- of its own: It's secondhand.
Read the full reviewPotter-philes are sure to get what they want -- if what they want is, in fact, an exacting version of J.K. Rowling's charming children's fantasy. If it's enchantment they are after, that's quite another matter.
Read the full reviewGiven that movies can now show us everything, the manifestations that Ms. Rowling described could be less magical only if they were delivered at a news conference.
Read the full reviewReview excerpts provided by Metacritic.com.
The Metascore® designation for this movie is 64
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I dont like Harry Potter
"usually I am a honest movie critic I give two thumbs up and a good score to everything I like but I dont like all the 7 harry potter books and movies Harry Potter is a bad demon from hell so stay away from the books and the movies and enjoy something more lighter Like Charlie and the chocolate factory There Is dark back evil magic in the Harry Potter books and movies So I give alll the 7 Harry Potter movies Two thumbs down and the bad score of 0 out of 100 and the grade of 7 F F F F F F F F and if you dont like the Harry Potter Books and Movies like I do than this is your review to read and plese stay away from the Harry Potter Books and Movies Thank You"
Awesome
"this is a great movie, but it doesn't include all the events that happened in the book. still, it deserves 4 out of 5 stars!"
Just Get Better
"Each album JUST GET better. Keep up the good work God Bless. Boykinatlan.com"
watch the Batman movies for the beautiful actresses in them :)
"After all the Batman movies that have been out to date , exception of Batman , Batman Forever and Batman Il ike the best , only complaint I have ; why change leading ladies every film ? Kate Holmes was a beautiful actress and worthy equal to Batman ; She had talent and grace as well as beauty , the other beautiful actress I loved watching in a Batman movie was Nicole Kidman ; I thought Kim Basinger was overated actually . The other women I don'twant to review about . Especially Michelle Pfeifer , If I spelled her last name right . she was good as Catwoman , but her role as Catwoman was never done right , go new Batman ..... Hope this Joker in the next Batman movie can top Jack Nicholson as the Joker ; but Jack was the best villian to date , be it in any Batman movie or movie peroid , Jack is still the best . Rkallao@aol.com"
Enchanting
"This movie was very enchanting and adventurus. Harry Potter is one of the best actors of all time. If I had to grade it I would give it a A"
YES IM WAY LATE! THE 5TH POTTER MOVIE IS ABOUT TO COME OUT
"BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CANT STATE MY OPINION!!!I CANT EVEN TELL YOU HOW CLEVERLY THESE MOVIES WERE PUT TOGETHER AND I NOW TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THINGS HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LATER MOVIES!! PLEASE DONT CALL THIS SERIES EVIL!!! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MANY KIDS, TEENS,AND ADULTS FIND THEMSELVES LOVING TO READ BECAUSE OF THE BOOKS!!!"
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone
"i think the movie was awesome because harry becomes a quidditch player in his first year of hogwarts and the giant game of wizards chess and the three headed dog it was just amazing the movie seemed so real like the unicorn and the centaur that saves harry it was "bloody brilliant" like what ron (rupert grint) said when the cat turned into professor mcgonagall"
wheres my cofee!
"equad good hav done a better acting job still harry potter was more magical than the rif boys. best movie since tj hluffe acted! a 4..98 out of 5.9807528."
There's something about Harry
"Love it!!! It's enchanting."
Philosopher's Stone
"Sorcerer's Stone was a very good movie. The actors do portray the book charactor well. If you think it was boring, don't forget this was an introduction. It was only the BEGINNING of such a MAGICAL adventure at HOGWARTS."
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