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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Universal acclaim
Based on 38 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Steven Kloves
J.K. Rowling (novel)
Directed by: Mike Newell
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 18, 2005
DVD: March 7, 2006
Running Time: 157 minutes, Color
Origin: UK / USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Alan Rickman, and Gary Oldman
Harry and friends are back in this fourth installment of the series.
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Love in the Time of Cholera
GAMES: Goblet of Fire (Xbox)
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Premiere Sara Brady
Newell puts his own stamp on the franchise and delivers the best Potter movie yet filmed.
Read Full Review >Slate David Edelstein
No, I couldn't be more pleased with what the screenwriter, Steven Kloves, and the director, Mike Newell, have wrought this time.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
A mature, tense, frightening and altogether masterful film.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
There's ample reason to stay with this series. When Harry says "I love magic," you believe it.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
Harry IV is an intelligent, visually seductive and mostly very satisfying fantasy epic of the first order.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
It's not until Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that a film has successfully re-created the sense of stirring magical adventure and engaged, edge-of-your-seat excitement that has made the books such an international phenomenon.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
The studio, like plucky Harry, passes with flying colors. The new one, directed by Mike Newell from another astute script by Mr. Kloves, is even richer and fuller, as well as dramatically darker. It's downright scary how good this movie is.
Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Its look has the same grudging beauty that, once you get used to it, English weather does: It's so defiant in its grayness that you come to appreciate its conviction.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
Last year's "The Prisoner of Azkaban" seemed dark, but this excellent fourth film derived from J.K. Rowling's books is the darkest "Potter" yet, intense enough to warrant a PG-13 rating.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter just keeps growing up. So do the Potter movies, in size, in ambition and in visual splendor - and with increasingly stunning results.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Death, torture, humour and even budding eroticism -- now this is more like it.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
The darkest, most thrilling entry yet in the movie franchise.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The film is more violent, less cute than the others, but the action is not the mindless destruction of a video game; it has purpose, shape and style.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Goblet of Fire is the entry in which Rowling finally took off the gloves.
Read Full Review >The New Yorker Anthony Lane
By a pleasing irony, the parts of the film that stay with you are concerned not with the dark arts but with something far more unstoppable: teen-agers.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
The film's quick pace and near-constant action carries you along quite nicely, and by the time Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) makes his climactic appearance, one can't help but look forward to the remaining films.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
Probably the most engaging Potter film of the series thus far.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
His (Ralph Fiennes) Voldemort may be the greatest screen performance ever delivered without the benefit of a nose; certainly it's a performance of sublime villainy.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
In the grand scheme of things, Goblet of Fire is perhaps closest to the original "Sorcerer's Stone."
Read Full Review >Newsweek David Ansen
The uncontestable triumph of Goblet of Fire, however, is Brendan Gleeson's Alastor (Mad-Eye) Moody, the grizzled new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson
Whenever it hits its stride, it's a well-acted, vividly executed, full-speed-ahead special-effects extravaganza that puts as much bang as possible into every remaining scene.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman
Qualitatively different from its cinematic forbears: It doesn't linger on the gothic curlicues of its source material, it moves straightforwardly from place to place, and it emphasizes the emotional development of its characters with dramatic interplay rather than expressionistic, atmospheric gloom.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
The best thing about the picture is Harry's new maturity: For the first time, he dominates a picture named for him.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Goblet of Fire, fourth in the fantasy franchise, is the most fun and the most fraught with conflict.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
Fine for people of developing minds, but the story so often stops its forward motion to take us on long detours into the land of CGI effects that it amounts to a $150 million magic show.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
With the cast getting looser and the mind games kinkier, it's hard to resist.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein
Offers a brew of wondrous chimera combined with the wonders of human nature.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
It's hard to beat the last movie, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," and this film is not better, but it has much to recommend it.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Inventive visuals and funny bits abound, but the film's gritty look and unsentimental characterizations - Harry, Hermione and Ron are far from golden teens - ominously foreshadow the truly wicked shape of things to come.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Connie Ogle
It's a testament to the power of the story -- and this engaging adaptation -- that leaving Hogwarts is tough anyway.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
A 157-minute holding pattern in which neither of the ongoing stories--Harry's conflict with the evil sorcerer Voldemort, the young schoolmates' coming of age at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft--progresses much.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
Too bad the bulk of Rowling's humor goes down a black-magic drain.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Kids may be appropriately terrified, but to this overgrown Potter fan, Voldemort, the Darth Vader of the black arts, was a heck of a lot scarier when you couldn't see him.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Ed Park
To this viewer and reader, the decade-old juggernaut is as deeply felt as it is flawed, dense and illogical and laudably "weird."
Read Full Review >Empire Angie Errigo
Terrific effects and considerable charm, but, once again, you can't help wishing the filmmakers had been bolder with the adaptation.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Scott Foundas
Came alive only in the presence of a supposed dead man -- specifically, the nefarious Lord Voldemort.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 392 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jo S. gave it a6:
Good attempt at my favorite of the books. I think K P's response was head on. What made me love this book was the of course Goblet of Fire. But the Yule Ball seemed to last forever with the odd punkish band. After the Ball it seemed that they raced against time to catch up with the story and the 2nd competition was over before it even started.
Adnan A. gave it a9:
When I watched this movie for the first time I was like... what the hell. They've ruined it! But when I watched it again and again the more I started to love it. Even though this movie also like the third one differs from the book but I liked whatever they did. The only thing I didn't like was the third task which is totally different from the books. Has no creatures or any excitement, but then the graveyard scene after that totally makes it up for the third task and all the credit goes to Ralph Fieness as our dear Voldemort. Story... What can I say!!?? It's Harry Potter, of course it's gonna rock. Acting... The trio remains marvelous, no doubt about that, but the rising stars are Ralph as Voldemort, Brendon as Moody and Miranda as Rita. They take the movie to a whole new level. Other adult actors are already perfect so i'm not praising them here. Michael Gambon sucked again!! In face he sucked more than he did in the previous one. That scene in which he runs towards Harry asking if he had put his name in the goblet is evidence enough for his suckage. Richard Harris we miss you!!! May he rest in peace. Direction... I found Mike Newell better than Alfonso Cuaron. Handling such a big novel is not easy but he has done an excellent job. But of course the main credit will go the Steve Kloves who is the screen writer. Even though i'd still say Warner bros should have never changed Chris in the first place. Since Chris is gone Harry Potter has lost smoothness. See lord of the rings, all the three movies feel ONE! This is not the case with HP. Visuals... The dragon was superb. The second task was superb. Voldemort's makeup was superb. In short the visuals were superb!!!
[Anonymous] gave it a10:
Wow, a major leap from the first three. Whilst the third film was the weakest, this film became my favorite. What a great movie.
Jennifer B. gave it a10:
KP You need to get a life! are you normal, you should write a book. Harry Potter was great, yeh they left a lot out but how many children can keep up with jk rowlings twists and turns. Stop analyzing in depth and start enjoying whats on screen, trust me it help!
Dale P gave it a7:
Agree with Tom K. The third movie is by far the best.
Jon L gave it an8:
Doesn't handle the angst as well as it should, but otherwise another finely crafted and thrilling build on the series as a whole.
Bam M. gave it a10:
I don't think it was bad at all I mean some parts could have been better but for the most part I LOVED IT! I cont think the movie is getting the perks it deserves. If you think it was bad I don't think we were watching the same movie. Watch it again if you think its bad maybe you'll change your mind!!!!!
