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OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh |
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9 ¾ | "No se saca un 10, pero sí una buena nota.... un 9 ¾ :)" |
| Cinenganos |
| Alex Ramirez |
| "This whimsical film offers compelling proof that magic and movies go together like ABRA and CADABRA." |
| ReelTalk Movie Reviews |
| Betty Jo Tucker |
B- | "By not screwing up, Columbus has fulfilled his most important job requirement." |
| AboutFilm.com |
| Carlo Cavagna |
2.5/4 | " Your appreciation of the film is likely to be colored by whether or not you've read the book(s)." |
| Movie Boeuf |
| David N. Butterworth |
3/4 | "Runs over two-and-a-half hours, but is so entertaining that it feels much shorter." |
| TheMovieBoy.com |
| Dustin Putman |
2/4 | "As far as stuffy Oxford dramas go, Harry Potter has them all beat." |
| Slant Magazine |
| Ed Gonzalez |
B | "Here's the long and short of it: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is good, but not great." |
| EricDSnider.com |
| Eric D. Snider |
2.5/4 | "In a perpetual state of Petrificus Totalus, Columbus contributes a pedestrian direction as if he was looking for his own place in Hufflepuff “where they are just & loyal.”" |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Erik Childress |
A- | "It's a good sign that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone feels rushed at two-and-a-half hours. I would easily have sat twice as long." |
| Film Blather |
| Eugene Novikov |
C+ | "It does the obvious well enough, but ironically--considering
the subject--it lacks the touch of magic....a picture that, while
well crafted, is ultimately uninspired." |
| One Guy's Opinion |
| Frank Swietek |
| "An imaginative spiritual tale about the huge antagonisms of good versus evil that challenges us to hallow the sacred energies of friendship, fearlessness, and love." |
| Spirituality and Practice |
| Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
3/4 | "Just as the Harry Potter books have reached a wide audience, so too does the movie appeal to audience members of all ages." |
| ReelViews |
| James Berardinelli |
3/4 | "a beautifully mounted adventure movie that adheres almost fetishistically to its source material" |
| Q Network Film Desk |
| James Kendrick |
3/4 | ""Harry Potter" stands on its own as an accomplished cinematic achievement." |
| Palo Alto Weekly |
| Jeanne Aufmuth |
8/10 | "An admirable spectacle, a real thriller for the kids and the kid in all of us, but ... straightforward and workmanlike." |
| Window to the Movies |
| Jeffrey Chen |
3/4 | "The relatively hands-off treatment of any pathos is an unfortunate side effect of the film’s travelogue feel." |
| MovieMartyr.com |
| Jeremy Heilman |
| "Nothing short of amazing from a visual standpoint -- what with all of the fun, amusing and imaginative details -- but isn't quite there from a storytelling perspective." |
| Screen It! |
| Jim Judy |
5/10 | "I can't really say that this film taught me anything about why this character is so loved by so many around the world." |
| JoBlo's Movie Emporium |
| JoBlo |
2.5/4 | "Because the film is so glossy, so flippant in its presentation of the world that author J.K. Rowling has spent her sizable novels dissecting, that I still don't have a good idea what all the fuss is about." |
| Big Picture Big Sound |
| Joe Lozito |
7/10 | "...certainly an entertaining and recommendable film, but it never soars to the heights of filmmaking or imagination." |
| DVDTown.com |
| John J. Puccio |
| "Attention to detail is amazing, while some scenes are so beautiful they could be framed." |
| Light Views |
| John Larsen |
| "Usually, films encumbered of this much hype can never live up to the lofty expectations of eager fans, but Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is, thankfully, a rare and welcome exception." |
| Planet Sick-Boy |
| Jon Popick |
2.5 | "Even though this movie impresses and delights on it's own, it is more exciting to view it as a teaser for the films to come" |
| Bangitout.com |
| Jordan Hiller |
3.5/4 | "Quizá la cinta no es perfecta, pero es un claro ejemplo de entretenimiento familiar y de que la imaginación es algo de lo más preciado que tiene el ser humano." |
| Moviola |
| Jorge Avila Andrade |
5 | "I can safely say, with nary a qualm, that if you read this book, you will, at worst, really like this movie. Non-readers might find it slow." |
| Cinerina |
| Karina Montgomery |
3/4 | "A superior, well crafted blockbuster for the whole family, but it's nowhere near as extraordinary as the hype surrounding it." |
| Montreal Film Journal |
| Kevin N. Laforest |
B | "While Chris Columbus has done what Warner Brothers, Rowling and most of her readership wanted...he's ironically lost some of the magic" |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Laura Clifford |
3.5/5 | "It may be long, but it's not boring." |
| TV Guide's Movie Guide |
| Maitland McDonagh |
2/4 | "My suggestion: Sit down and read the book again." |
| Mark Reviews Movies |
| Mark Dujsik |
8/10 | "Visually the film is just about all you could hope for." |
| rec.arts.movies.reviews |
| Mark R. Leeper |
3/4 | "A good, solid adventure film, no doubt one of the defining movies in the generation growing up now" |
| Movie Habit |
| Marty Mapes |
| "I envy kids the discovery they’re about to make, about the power of movies to dominate the imagination, to air our secret fears and desires, to become cornerstones of our psyches." |
| Flick Filosopher |
| MaryAnn Johanson |
3/4 | "'Harry' does indeed fly--just don't expect the movie soar into the higher altitudes of imagination." |
| Mr. Brown's Movies |
| Michael Dequina |
3.5/5 | "Yes, this Harry does indeed fly." |
| Film Threat |
| Michael Dequina |
2/5 | "A Xerox copy of the book, and a copy is never as good as the original." |
| Goatdog's Movies |
| Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
2.5/4 | "For a movie about magic, there's not much magical about it." |
| Aisle Seat |
| Mike McGranaghan |
5/5 | "Filled with visual splendor, valiant heroes, spectacular special effects, and irresistible characters. It is only fair to say that it is truly magical.
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| Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
| Nell Minow |
4/5 | "A parte técnica de Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal é impecável." |
| Cinema em Cena |
| Pablo Villaca |
3/5 | "Great fun, even if it's not a particularly good movie." |
| Shadows on the Wall |
| Rich Cline |
C+ | "Rarely has a movie seemed more beholden to its roots, or required so much outside help to give it its spark." |
| Flipside Movie Emporium |
| Rob Vaux |
3/4 | "It delivers exactly what you would expect from a popular fairy tale in this age of digital animation." |
| Laramie Movie Scope |
| Robert Roten |
B | "the film adaptation is too faithful to the book, which may be a turnoff to the less-than-hard-core fans." |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Robin Clifford |
7/10 | "I almost wish I hadn't read the novel first. In an effort to please the Potter-philes, the filmmakers end up offering very few surprises." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Scott Weinberg |
| "No, I didn't think (Columbus) would be able to do it this well, either, but I stand corrected." |
| Eclipse Magazine |
| Sean O'Connell |
| "The tone is right, the pacing is right, and most significantly, the look is right" |
| rec.arts.movies.reviews |
| Shane Burridge |
B | "So reverentially faithful to the first book that however you feel about the book is a pretty reliable indicator of how you'll feel about the movie." |
| Decent Films Guide |
| Steven D. Greydanus |
10/10 | "Spellbinding." |
| www.susangranger.com |
| Susan Granger |
2/4 | "The ultimate example of a synergic multi-media construct: a familiarity with the source lends the film the depth, conflict, and resonance it fails to otherwise provide." |
| Film Freak Central |
| Walter Chaw |
3/4 | "Suffering from too much fantasy over too little reality, Sorcerer's Stone sets Harry Potter up for a longer and fruitful career as a screen legend." |
| Oscar Guy |
| Wesley Lovell |
8/10 | Read review |
| Modamag.com |
| Brian Orndorf |
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OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh |
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