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07/13/07
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
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticKids grow up fast these days - possibly a bit too fast.
07/13/07
And so the Harry Potter saga continues. It's essentially deeply conservative, with battles, and crashes, and giants and explosions and is shaping up to be an extraordinary real-time experiment for Daniel Radcliffe.
07/13/07
Top CriticThe Order Of The Phoenix is formulaic and lacking in depth, and does not make the most of the intensity in the fifth instalment of JK Rowling's epic story.
07/13/07
Order of the Phoenix is entertaining enough, but it feels like a stopgap, a stepping stone to later, greater thrills.
07/13/07
Phoenix has great production value, some nice special effects, some good acting, but overall impact wanes more than waxes. Long on time, short on internal struggle.
07/12/07
Another jumble of special effects, plot shards, celebrity cameos, and sometimes-impressive imagery
07/12/07
This story didn't feel as disjointed as it's previous chapter.
07/12/07
Basically, it's the Little Rascals to the rescue in a flick dressed up as a mystical fable replete with medieval mumbo jumbo and some cool, state-of-the-art special f/x. Otay!
07/12/07
I have a dirty confession to make. I’m a professional film critic and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the first film in the series that I’ve seen.
07/12/07
Stodgy rather than sweeping, with precious little of the wondrous excitement conjured by Alfonso Cuaron in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
07/12/07
A strangely relaxed and frequently funny installment. To my thinking, it stands right behind Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as the best in the movie series.
07/12/07
Despite the smooth transition of the wondrous Potter mythology from Rowling’s pen to the screen -- thanks to the efforts of several talented filmmakers -- the gradually unfurling plot remains grounded in routine.
07/12/07
The darkest and most menacing by far of the five [films, [Phoenix] is also the only series entry outside of the third that feels like the product of a vivid cinematic imagination and not just a slavishly faithful transposition.
07/12/07
t's the 'angry Harry' movie, and Radcliffe doesn't waste the opportunity to apply some of the acting lessons he's absorbed lately. It's his best performance, to date by far.
07/12/07
Truth be told, it's the lad's many onscreen allies that prove the film franchise's richest draws. (Thank you, Alan Rickman, for your wonderfully embittered turn as Severus Snape.)
07/12/07
Yates, especially given the sinister subject matter on hand, does a rather workmanlike job of traffic-managing the action. But some of the magic effects are indeed magical.
07/12/07
This is the bleakest Potter installment to date, and under David Yates's choppy direction, Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, and David Thewlis have little more than walk-ons.
07/12/07
boils down Rowling's brick-thick novel into a fat-free, fleet-footed adventure... although Rowling's readers may be disappointed to find that much of the story's color has been sacrificed in the name of economy...
07/12/07
Engaging and beautiful.
07/12/07
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