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44
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41
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37
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34
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79
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78
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75
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73
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72
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61
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56
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55
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55
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52
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Warner Bros.
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FILM:
GAMES:
BOOKS:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images
Starring
Daniel Radcliffe,
Rupert Grint,
Emma Watson,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Imelda Staunton,
Gary Oldman,
Brendan Gleeson,
and
Ralph Fiennes
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts only to discover that much of the wizarding community has been led to believe that the story of the teenager's recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort is a lie, putting Harry's integrity in question. Worse, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, has appointed a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, the duplicitous Professor Dolores Umbridge. But Umbridge's "Ministry-approved" course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the Dark forces threatening them, so at the prompting of his friends Hermione and Ron, Harry is convinced to take matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves "Dumbledore's Army", Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead. (Warner Bros. Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Adventure
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Drama
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Family/Kids
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Fantasy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
J.K. Rowling (novel)
Michael Goldenberg
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| DIRECTED BY: |
David Yates
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 11, 2007
Theatrical: July 11, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
138 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK / USA |

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...
100
New York Magazine
David Edelstein
For all its portentousness, this is the best Harry Potter picture yet. In some ways, it improves on J.K. Rowling’s novel, which is punishingly protracted and builds to a climactic wand-off better seen than read.

100
New York Daily News
Colin Bertram
It's action-packed, darker, more epic and thankfully schmaltz-free. And it's the best "Harry Potter" film yet.

100
Village Voice
Scott Foundas
In narrative terms, not that much happens, but as for Harry's emotional journey--well, that's nearly epic.

90
Time
Richard Corliss
Not just a ripping yarn but a powerful, poignant coming-of-age story.

88
USA Today
Claudia Puig
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.

88
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It will hook you good and keep you riveted.

88
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
For those who have gotten their Harry Potter fix entirely through the cinematic incarnation, the script is lucid and fast-moving.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Yet, as good as it is in so many ways, there's no getting around the fact that this briefest Harry and first directed by an unknown filmmaker (David Yates) is the least substantial of the bunch.

83
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
The whole film is about innocence and experience, and if it isn't a Blakean song, it is a sturdy and vibrant piece of prose.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The flourishes don't answer the question most on Potterites' minds -- who lives, who dies? -- but they briefly stupefy.

80
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Screenwriter Michael Goldenberg and director David Yates have transformed J.K. Rowling's garrulous storytelling into something leaner, moodier and more compelling, that ticks with metronomic purpose as the story flits between psychological darkness and cartoonish slapstick.

80
Empire
Helen O'Hara
It won't win new fans, but as Potter movies go, this is the most filmic of the lot, suspenseful and action-packed.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Timely metaphors abound in The Order of the Phoenix, but the story (of which there is much) stands on its own magical merits, dark and darker still though they may be.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
Is there an admired British thespian who hasn't toiled in Potter's field?

75
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Harry comes through loud and clear as a conflicted, edgy, avid young man. He's turned into EveryTeen.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Destined to be remembered as the one that handed the screen Harry his first kiss. Like much of the film, the smooch comes and goes briskly, without a lot of fuss.

75
Premiere
Glenn Kenny
Pheonix is smartly-constructed enough that non-acolytes interested in checking out Harry's world won't need too long to catch up.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Darker, leaner, less expansive , and meaner, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is all business, and it casts a spell utterly unlike the first four films.

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Given a choice between this and the navel-gazing of the novel, I'll take the short ride on a fast machine.

75
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
The most amazing magic yet for the wildly popular franchise: It is genuinely engrossing.

75
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
On balance, the filmmakers do a terrific job with one of the weaker stories. It's welcome news that Yates is coming back for one of the stronger ones; he's set to direct "Half-Blood Prince."

70
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
This is a gangly, confusing sprawl, and yet there are enough patches of beauty scattered throughout that it's impossible to reject it wholesale.

70
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Considerably grimmer and grittier than the previous pictures.

70
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
A sleek, swift and exciting adaptation of J. K. Rowling’s longest novel to date.

70
Slate
Dana Stevens
The movie is brisk and lively, if not exactly action-packed.

67
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
Save for the thrilling opening sequence, there's not much to remember about the film beyond Staunton (Vera Drake), who masks her bottomless malevolence behind a pasted-on patrician smile.

63
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
This fifth film should please fans who rate the films based on their fidelity to the canonical texts. But for the uninitiated, it's a dry and slightly dreary introduction to the world of Hogwarts and Azkaban.

63
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Whatever happened to the delight and, if you'll excuse the term, the magic in the "Harry Potter" series? As the characters grow up, the stories grow, too, leaving the innocence behind and confusing us with plots so labyrinthine that it takes a Ph.D from Hogwarts to figure them out.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Standouts are Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, Harry's sly father-surrogate, and Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge.

60
Wall Street Journal
Joanne Kaufman
Director David Yates, who is new to the Potter franchise, moves the story along briskly, at the expense of texture and nuance.

60
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
"Phoenix" might go down as the problematic film, full of plot but little fun.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Taken as a motion picture, the new "Harry" comes up short. But taken as a visual aid to the experience of reading a book, the new "Harry" does its job.

50
Newsweek
David Ansen
The storytelling seems occasionally disjointed, but more important, for all the special-effects wizardry, that touch of film magic never surfaces.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
There are lots of special effects, but sadly, no real magic.

50
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
Something of a letdown. Previous statements aside, I understand Warner Bros. has to set the table for "Half-Blood Prince" and "Deathly Hallows," but too much of Phoenix is filler. And with only two movies left, we better get to the main course in short order.

50
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
It finally can't transcend the limitations inherent in being no more than a way station in an epic journey, a journey whose cinematic conclusion is several years away.

50
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
Less magic also means less fun and discovery, as Harry battles depression and a hostile press; 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.


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