Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (PG) Review

Overall Rating

Great Story,
Great Effects,
Great Acting,
Great Directing.

Tad Long for small children (136 mins) - at the screening I went to some children got a bit tired and started to get a bit 'rowdy'.

I had heard from friends and family that Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the best book in the series so far so I had high hopes for the film and I wasn't disappointed.

The plot is superb and both the cast and crew do an excellent job in telling this great story. This film is darker than the previous two with some genuinely scary moments, the dementors in particular. The film is shot beautifully and Michael Gambon does a good job of replacing the late Richard Harris. All of the young actors do a great job but it is a bit weird seeing them all looking so old-I was genuinely shocked by how much Neville Longbottom has changed.

The special effects are mixed in with the live action shots beautifully and do not detract from the film in any way, which can be the case in some films that rely on them to much. Hagrids Hippogriff Buckbeak is very believable and could with a bit of imagination even be real!

Although not a comedy there are plenty of laugh out loud moments in this film and from an audience of about 300, including small children, teenagers, adults and grand parents I didn't see one un-happy face when leaving the cinema. This film is fantastic and in my opinion would be great for people of any age, Role on November 2005 and the Goblet of Fire.