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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
Thanks to Imelda Staunton's wickedly funny performance as the pink-suited fascist Dolores Umbridge, Order of the Phoenix presents a satisfying -- but far from perfect -- chapter in Harry's continuing struggle against evil.
A movie much more in the mode of a conventional thriller than previous Potter outings.
The film is nearly nothing but plot, with mostly facile performances and a pacing that could, incredibly, be called slapdash.
This series is growing up with moody blockbuster urgency. More emotionally wracked with each new entry, the Potter franchise has become a mainstream fantasy metaphor for adolescent crisis. It's Rebel Without a Curse.
David Yates has taken the Potter challenge head-on, making one of the first Potter movies to greatly improve upon the original book.
This movie feels less like a plot-point checklist than the last one did, and there's enough visual razzle-dazzle to entertain those who haven't read the book and might miss a twist here or a turn there.
It's kind of like "Star Wars: Episode I," perhaps the weakest chain in the link but necessary as a transition to the next two installments.
In declaring my mere like for Order of the Phoenix and not all-out love, I risk having an inbox full of tween-penned emails (ghost-written by parents) suggesting I do a certain something with the blunt end of a broomstick.
...you leave the theater with a sense of anticipation for the next Harry Potter installment, something I haven't felt in quite some time.
An entertaining marvel of invention and storytelling. The series' reigning achievement and one of this summer's smartest and most invigorating releases.
The latest workmanlike entry in what must be regarded as an unprecedented film series has plenty of flaws, but also the franchise's reliable draws.
There's a really good one-hour movie here, but you'll have to blast through 138 minutes to find it.
The special effects continue to be masterful, but villains are given a new twist, and Order of the Phoenix is all the more fun because of it.
Top CriticThe new Harry turns out to be one of the best entries in the series -- mostly because of a villain who is the scariest and funniest heavy to date.
Get ready to start getting ready for movies 6 and 7, because that is the purpose, but if Harry's first kiss is the most anticipated event in this movie, what MORE are we to expect in the next couple movies?
Although it's a little scattered and some plot points go by so quickly they may not be caught by those who haven't read the books, it's still one of the better Harry Potter movies.
a first-rate film focused on wonder and character development instead of special effects and catchy one-liners.
Although Order of the Phoenix is not a great movie, it is a pretty good one, in part because it does not strain to overwhelm the audience with noise and sensation.
Top CriticA rousing adventure that includes Harry Potter's first kiss, his encounter with the odiousness of order, his feelings of loneliness in the face of an indifferent world, and his slow realization of the support of his friends.
Once again, the series has produced a winner: an intriguingly complex, visually dazzling, multilayered fantasy-adventure of the first order.
July 15, 2009:
RT Interview: David Yates on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
When David Yates was hired to direct Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, fans took one look at his TV-heavy resume and panicked that he wouldn't be able to bring the same... More...
July 15, 2009:
RT Interview: Daniel Radcliffe on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
19 year-old Daniel Radcliffe wants the world to know he's a grown-up now. It's tough to walk past a magazine stand on the eve of the release of the sixth Harry Potter film... More...
July 14, 2009:
RT Visits the Set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
As RT is brought into Leavesden Studios, past a pair of workmen poring over blueprints for a large, conical tower with a tall spire roof, the sense that we're entering a... More...
December 15, 2008:
Exclusive: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - RT's Set Visit Preview
RT visited the set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince recently to tour the studio and speak to the stars, and we thought we'd share a small teaser of our time at Hogwarts. More...
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