Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Name: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy, Family
Released: November 15, 2002
Duration: 161 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: November 15, 2002 | TV-G

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

Summary: This second installment in the Harry Potter series finds young wizard Harry Potter (Radcliffe) and his friends Ron (Grint) and Hermione (Watson) facing new challenges during their second year at Hogwarts as they try to discover a dark force that is terrorizing the school.

Director: Chris Columbus

Genre(s): Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy, Family

Rating: TV-G

Runtime: 161 min

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Roger Ebert

Brimming with invention and new ideas, and its Hogwarts School seems to expand and deepen before our very eyes into a world large enough to conceal unguessable secrets -- What a glorious movie. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Darker and more dramatic, this account of Harry's troubled second year at Hogwarts may be a bit overlong and unmodulated in pacing, but it possesses a confidence and intermittent flair that begin to give it a life of its own apart of the literary franchise, something the initial picture never achieved. Read full review

Ty Burr

Moves the franchise even closer to Indiana Jones territory, with bloodcurdling action scenes and a passel of climactic computer-generated slime beasties unparalleled in their potential ability to -- I'm quoting from both book and film here -- '' rip, tear, rend, kill. '' Read full review

Mark Caro

It remains an expertly assembled companion piece to its source material, with charms you can't overlook. But the great Harry Potter should be casting a more powerful spell. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Chamber is chockablock with action (including a far more exciting game of Quidditch) and crafty special effects. Read full review

Dana Stevens

By the end, instead of feeling stirred to a high pitch of anxiety and excitement, you may feel battered and worn down. But not, in the end, too terribly disappointed. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

Big, dull and empty -- nobody associated with this production appears to have thought hard about storytelling. Read full review

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Guavoon

Apr 16, 2011

Well written, wonderfully cast, and flawlessly flowing, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets offers suspenseful thrills, honest emotion, and an obvious respect for JK Rowling's masterpiece.

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SEROJ

Mar 23, 2013

Perfect story, great emotions and for sure the best Harry Potter movie! As i said in my review of "Sorcerers's stone", if you like mysteries and fantasy and you haven't watch a Harry Potter movie... then you should definitely watch the whole saga,because you missed a lot!