Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
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Reviews Counted:230
Fresh:177
Rotten:53
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: It's not easy to take the longest Harry Potter book and streamline it into the shortest HP movie, but director David Yates does a bang up job of it, creating an Order of the Phoenix that's entertaining and action-packed.
Runtime: 2 hrs 19 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
US Box Office: $291,980,108
Synopsis: In the silver-screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, the fifth chapter in the beloved book series, everyone's favorite wizard-in-training (Daniel Radcliffe)... [More]
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane
Director: David Yates
Reviews for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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The longest and weakest of the Potter novels becomes one of the better film adaptations of the series. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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This is my least favourite of the series, despite the fact that the exquisite reality and detailed production design is as intricate and marvellous as ever. Full Review |
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There is nothing wet about Daniel Radcliffe as a grown-up wizard. As with Emma Watson and Rupert Grint as Hermione and Ron, his acting has improved out of sight since Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Full Review |
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The director, Peter Yates, pastes on the chiaroscuro, but under it is the summer-camp flatness that's always been the franchise's trademark Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a gripping, evocative movie. David Yates has two great strengths to apply to the project. He is cinematically adept, and character is a priority for him. Full Review |
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7/10 |
Whether you will enjoy Order of the Phoenix relies, I suspect, largely on whether or not you are a Harry Potter fan to begin with. Full Review |
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4/5 |
The Harry Potter movies that are based on J.K. Rowling's novels have gotten progressively darker with each entry, and Order of the Phoenix may quite possibly be the darkest one yet. Full Review |
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With the supremely evil Valdemort having put in an appearance at the end of the previous film, you might think it would be time to circle the wagons and start planning some defensive strategies ... but you would be wrong. Full Review |
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6/10 |
There's a nagging feeling of dad trying to rush the family on a vacation. If you hurry this much, you're bound to miss something and that keeps the Potter films away from greatness. Full Review |
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6/10 |
Though it may be blasphemous to say so, this is one movie that is superior to the book. Full Review |
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3.0/4.0 |
Only true fans of the books will notice many of these shortcomings, but I must hope that this was a fluke or misstep, not a sign of things to come. Full Review |
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6/10 |
...when it's finished, there is the lingering feeling that nothing has really happened. Full Review |
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Possibly more Dirty Harry than the usual beloved kid bestseller bespectacled wonder wizard, as a dark side kicks in and Harry's soul is on the line. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Exciting fifth movie finds Harry angry, brooding. Full Review |
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C+ |
With a script heavy on exposition almost completely devoid of sustained action sequences, Harry's latest is long on spiel and short on spells. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
O kinimatografika agnostos David Yates, deyteros Bretanos skinothetis tis seiras kai me kainoyrio senariografo, bgainei san o pio diabasmenos sta biblia tis Rowling, katafernontas na ksehorisei me akribeia ta nimata ap' ta selidotoybla tis pubobias syggra Full Review |
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4/5 |
Casting a cinematic spell, "Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix" rises to the top of this season's fantasy entertainment. Full Review |
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7/10 |
The good outweighs the bad by a wide margin, but just not quite enough to make this the best Harry Potter movie ever. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Definitely a much darker story than the first four, it is also richer and more compelling. (It's also the first one I really liked.) Full Review |
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