Director David Yates, the first Brit to helm the series, invests "Order of the Phoenix" with a very sinister tone from his opening frames...
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07/13/07
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
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Reviews Counted:230
Fresh:177
Rotten:53
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: It's not easy to take the longest Harry Potter book and streamline it into the shortest HP movie, but director David Yates does a bang up job of it, creating an Order of the Phoenix that's entertaining and action-packed.
Theatrical Release:12-07-2007
Synopsis: In the silver-screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, the fifth chapter in the beloved book series, everyone's favorite wizard-in-training (Daniel Radcliffe)... [More]
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane
Director: David Yates
Reviews for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
81 - 100 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
this isn't as much a full chapter in the seven-part series, but rather the set-up for the last two films
07/13/07
The childish fun and wonder of the early Potter movies has turned into high school fear and loathing. ...A downer of a wiz kid flick.
07/13/07
Like previous Potter installments, the danger is ever present and palpable, but now Harry is in dire need of his friends and it is intellectually refreshing to see a group of troubled youth rally together against the forces of evil.
07/13/07
Efficiently trimmed from a nearly 900-page novel, the latest Harry Potter film adaptation is an especially absorbing entry in the series.
07/13/07
I miss the youthful sense of magical discovery found in the earlier book, but love how the story has evolved into a complex drama.
07/13/07
Harry's cinematic leap to manhood is not unlike the wizard himself -- spellbinding.
07/13/07
Yates paces the film at a clip that makes this, the shortest in the series so far, seem even shorter.
07/13/07
This fifth movie is where fans who understand the intrinsic darkness of the series will stand up and be counted.
07/13/07
Feels more like a race than a film.
07/13/07
Phoenix has great production value, some nice special effects, some good acting, but overall impact wanes more than waxes. Long on time, short on internal struggle.
07/12/07
Another jumble of special effects, plot shards, celebrity cameos, and sometimes-impressive imagery
07/12/07
This story didn't feel as disjointed as it's previous chapter.
07/12/07
Basically, it's the Little Rascals to the rescue in a flick dressed up as a mystical fable replete with medieval mumbo jumbo and some cool, state-of-the-art special f/x. Otay!
07/12/07
I have a dirty confession to make. I’m a professional film critic and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the first film in the series that I’ve seen.
07/12/07
Stodgy rather than sweeping, with precious little of the wondrous excitement conjured by Alfonso Cuaron in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
07/12/07
A strangely relaxed and frequently funny installment. To my thinking, it stands right behind Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as the best in the movie series.
07/12/07
Despite the smooth transition of the wondrous Potter mythology from Rowling’s pen to the screen -- thanks to the efforts of several talented filmmakers -- the gradually unfurling plot remains grounded in routine.
07/12/07
The darkest and most menacing by far of the five [films, [Phoenix] is also the only series entry outside of the third that feels like the product of a vivid cinematic imagination and not just a slavishly faithful transposition.
07/12/07
t's the 'angry Harry' movie, and Radcliffe doesn't waste the opportunity to apply some of the acting lessons he's absorbed lately. It's his best performance, to date by far.
07/12/07
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