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Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 35 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 225 Ratings

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  • Starring: Daniel Radcliffe
  • Summary: An adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling's immensely popular novels about Harry Potter, a boy whose life is tranformed on his eleventh birthday when he learns that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    A red-blooded adventure movie, dripping with atmosphere, filled with the gruesome and the sublime, and surprisingly faithful to the novel.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    91
    It's eye-filling, well-cast, often very funny and executed with great imagination and flair.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    60
    This version of the Potter saga is fun and harmless rather than memorable or imaginative. That's certainly no crime.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 101 out of 128
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 128
  3. Negative: 18 out of 128
  1. grandpajoe6191
    8
    Director Chris Columbus has created "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" a dazzling movie that stays true to its book and adding itself with pure zeal and passion with impressive visuals.… Expand
    • 8 of 8 users said yes
  2. Treeebla
    5
    It's okay. Good score in original music, beautiful pictures. Even the visuals are good. In my opinion, the younger audience may like it more. I give this okay movie 5 points out of 10.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  3. JohnD.
    3
    The story was kind of fun, but the kids couldn't act and many scenes dragged on and on and on...
    • 0 of 3 users said yes

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