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71 out of 100

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6.9 out of 10

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  • Starring: Daniel Radcliffe
  • Summary: 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)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 37
  3. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Colin Bertram
    100
    It's action-packed, darker, more epic and thankfully schmaltz-free. And it's the best "Harry Potter" film yet.
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    100
    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.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    60
    "Phoenix" might go down as the problematic film, full of plot but little fun.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 142 out of 221
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 221
  3. Negative: 44 out of 221
  1. JawsPapi87
    8
    It was a solid movie. There's not much to say about it. It is in the dead center of the Harry potter movies. The wickedness of Umbridge is probably the best part of it… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Treblotski
    5
    What a shame that the adaption of the book "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is so bad. As just a film it's OK of course, but since it's not just a film, 5 points from 10.… Expand
    • 3 of 4 users said yes
  3. ArielB.
    3
    The film was good but it wasn't great. I've seen better and I was quite disappointed when I fist saw the movie. I though it would look great after the goblet of fire, but still the forth is the best Harry Potter movie although a lot of stuff had been left out. It's a shame that they left out Quidditch and Ron and Hermione becoming a prefects. When you see it several times it clearly shows that it isn't great. Good,maybe even average, but not great. The best thing in the film is battle between Voldermort and Dumbldor, and the character of Dolores Umbridge. If the half blood prince turns out as his predecessor I very much doubt it that I'll buy that dvd.… Expand
    • 2 of 4 users said yes

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