Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

USA 2001, 147 minutes
Dir. Chris Columbus
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Family / Fantasy

Topics: Gothic.

Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane, John Cleese, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

Aroview: Immensely popular, this star-studded adaptation of JK Rowling’s first book thankfully captures the essence of orphan Harry’s tale of apprenticeship to Hogswarts School for Wizards.

With its unpretentiously derivative world – part-Tolkien, part-C.S. Lewis, part-Dickens – this has special f/x galore, scary moments and a true understanding of its appeal to kids, only missing the satire that clinched the books for adults.

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3 stars (Good Enough) Harry Potter finds out on his 11th birthday he is in fact a wizard, and trotts off to Hogwarts to find a nasty dark wizard is hell-bent on destroying him. Nice beginning to an enchanting tale. ~GenXGirl
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4 stars (Very Good) A tour De force from Alan Rickman with Maggie Smith and Richard Griffiths the icing on the cake.The kids are good thank god. ~Tubbs