Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.
What critics thought
Critics were broadly positive but notably divided on whether Columbus's meticulous fidelity to Rowling's book is a strength or a creative straitjacket. Most agreed the film is darker and more confident than its predecessor, but detractors found it overlong and creatively inert — a sequel that replicates rather than reimagines. Audiences, meanwhile, embraced it far more warmly than the critical consensus suggests.
“Once again, director Chris Columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“instead of feeling stirred you may feel battered and worn down, but not, in the end, too terribly disappointed”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“deja vu all over again, it's likely that whatever you thought of the first production – pro or con – you'll likely think of this one”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- none
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Chris ColumbusDirector
Daniel RadcliffeHarry Potter
Rupert GrintRon Weasley
Emma WatsonHermione Granger
Kenneth BranaghGilderoy Lockhart
Toby JonesDobby (voice)
Robbie ColtraneRubeus Hagrid
Richard HarrisAlbus Dumbledore
Alan RickmanSeverus Snape
Tom FeltonDraco Malfoy
Jason IsaacsLucius Malfoy
Shirley HendersonMoaning Myrtle
Richard GriffithsVernon Dursley
John WilliamsComposer
Steve KlovesWriter
J.K. RowlingWriter
Roger PrattCinematographyHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.
What critics thought
Critics were broadly positive but notably divided on whether Columbus's meticulous fidelity to Rowling's book is a strength or a creative straitjacket. Most agreed the film is darker and more confident than its predecessor, but detractors found it overlong and creatively inert — a sequel that replicates rather than reimagines. Audiences, meanwhile, embraced it far more warmly than the critical consensus suggests.
“Once again, director Chris Columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“instead of feeling stirred you may feel battered and worn down, but not, in the end, too terribly disappointed”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“deja vu all over again, it's likely that whatever you thought of the first production – pro or con – you'll likely think of this one”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- none
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Chris ColumbusDirectorDaniel RadcliffeHarry PotterRupert GrintRon WeasleyEmma WatsonHermione GrangerKenneth BranaghGilderoy LockhartToby JonesDobby (voice)Robbie ColtraneRubeus HagridRichard HarrisAlbus DumbledoreAlan RickmanSeverus SnapeTom FeltonDraco MalfoyJason IsaacsLucius MalfoyShirley HendersonMoaning MyrtleRichard GriffithsVernon DursleyJohn WilliamsComposerSteve KlovesWriterJ.K. RowlingWriterRoger PrattCinematographyStream
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