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OFCS Rating: 85% Fresh |
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| "¡Muggles, magos y criaturas mágicas, Harry y sus amigos han vuelto, y se trata de un regreso espectacular y –permítanme la obviedad- un regreso mágico!" |
| Cinenganos |
| Alex Ramirez |
8/10 | "Simply put, if you liked Sorcerer’s Stone, you’ll like Chamber Of Secrets." |
| Modamag.com |
| Brian Orndorf |
3/5 | "Mercilessly padded, the movie drags us through ages of all-too-familiar territory." |
| Filmcritic.com |
| Christopher Null |
C+ | "It’s a depressing reality to face, but the second of J.K. Rowling’s boy-wizard books was the least interesting read... and hasn’t fared much better on film." |
| EDGE Boston |
| David Foucher |
2.5/4 | "When it comes to the imagination scale, Harry Potter has everything it needs. But what does it all really amount to in the end? Not much of a payoff, I'm afraid." |
| Cinemaphile.org |
| David Keyes |
2.5/4 | "Slick and sophisticated, yet surprisingly same-y." |
| Movie Boeuf |
| David N. Butterworth |
| "... certainly an entertaining ride, despite many talky, slow scenes. But something seems to be missing. A sense of real magic, perhaps." |
| Portland Tribune |
| Dawn Taylor |
2.5/4 | "Bigger, faster, funnier, and darker...[but] lacks the deep soul and character nuances of its predecessor." |
| TheMovieBoy.com |
| Dustin Putman |
2.5/4 | "Harry's latest adventure has enough snakes, mandrakes, phoenix tears, Cornish pixies, climaxes and denouements to scare the J.R.R. Tolkien out of you." |
| Slant Magazine |
| Ed Gonzalez |
| "Los Pottermaníacos están de fiesta." |
| Uruguay Total |
| Enrique Buchichio |
B- | "Where Chamber of Secrets will be viewed a success is in accurately, and occasionally imaginatively, bringing the book to life. As a movie, judged on its own merits, it's too long, too slow and too unfocused." |
| EricDSnider.com |
| Eric D. Snider |
3.5/4 | "When it was all over, I could easily proclaim The Chamber of Secrets as a vastly superior film on every level, one that I’ll be willing to devote more time to again and again in the future." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Erik Childress |
A- | "It's good, genuinely good, not just as a cultural sensation but as a movie all its own." |
| Film Blather |
| Eugene Novikov |
2.5/4 | "This second succulent serving of Harry Potter may be all over the map like a feeble-minded person looking for interstate highway directions, but it does lend itself to do what it's suppose to do...whisk diehard moviegoers away to another dynamic dimension" |
| Movie Eye |
| Frank Ochieng |
C+ | "More dutiful than enchanting...terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat." |
| One Guy's Opinion |
| Frank Swietek |
| "Whisks us away for more adventures that keep us on the edge of our seats cheering for these three young wizards whose resourcefulness in the face of the unknown is awesome." |
| Spirituality and Practice |
| Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
3/4 | "As a companion piece to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets makes for effective viewing." |
| ReelViews |
| James Berardinelli |
3/4 | "Chris Columbus' shortcomings in ingenuity and imagination don’t seem terribly detrimental since the material he’s working with is so infused with magic and wit" |
| Q Network Film Desk |
| James Kendrick |
4/5 | "The continuing story of everyone's favorite boy wizard is a visual feast -- and darker than the first installment." |
| Netflix |
| James Rocchi |
2/4 | "A watered-down, CG-saturated nod to moviemaking convention." |
| Palo Alto Weekly |
| Jeanne Aufmuth |
9/10 | "Doing away with the formalities helps Chamber of Secrets immensely, allowing it to concentrate on unfolding its involving mystery, using the running time to pace the action and the development." |
| Window to the Movies |
| Jeffrey Chen |
6/10 | "About on par with the first from a pure entertainment standpoint." |
| Screen It! |
| Jim Judy |
6/10 | "If you were like me and didn't particularly care for the first installment, I don't think this one will completely reverse your opinion." |
| JoBlo's Movie Emporium |
| JoBlo |
7/10 | "...provides wondrous surprises around every turn." |
| DVDTown.com |
| John J. Puccio |
| "Decidedly darker than its predecessor, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is also more satisfying and entertaining." |
| Light Views |
| John Larsen |
8/10 | "Another successful wild ride, thanks to a very entertaining source, a keen and fairly faithful adaptation, and top-notch special effects." |
| Planet Sick-Boy |
| Jon Popick |
3.5/4 | "'Llena de acción, aventuras, magia e imaginación que en muchos aspectos supera a su predecesora.'" |
| Moviola |
| Jorge Avila Andrade |
3/5 | "The magic of the books seems to be having trouble making the transition to big screen." |
| 3BlackChicks Review |
| Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel |
4.5/5 | "Lots of fun and action, laughs and mystery, and really, isn?t that why we love Harry Potter? Branagh brilliant." |
| Cinerina |
| Karina Montgomery |
3/4 | "... the script is tight enough and moves along with such blazing speed that it suffers from the only failing grace of the original did: can audience members who haven't read the books keep up?" |
| MovieCrypt.com |
| Kevin A. Ranson |
3/4 | "It's a fun flick, even though its wizardry is more technical than imaginative." |
| Montreal Film Journal |
| Kevin N. Laforest |
B+ | "This one does for the series what The Wrath of Khan did for Star Trek." |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Laura Clifford |
3.5/4 | "Now that’s more like it." |
| Mark Reviews Movies |
| Mark Dujsik |
7/10 | "Made so well that all ages can appreciate it." |
| rec.arts.movies.reviews |
| Mark R. Leeper |
2.5/4 | "If you liked one, you'll like the other" |
| Movie Habit |
| Marty Mapes |
| "If the kids are more serious in their play this time around, then the grownups are just having a blast." |
| Flick Filosopher |
| MaryAnn Johanson |
2.5/5 | "Punishingly long and slow in parts." |
| Goatdog's Movies |
| Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
3.5/4 | "This is a vastly superior movie, capturing all the things that I felt were missing from the first." |
| Aisle Seat |
| Mike McGranaghan |
5/5 | "Pure magic!" |
| Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
| Nell Minow |
4/5 | "Desta vez, Columbus capturou o pomo de ouro." |
| Cinema em Cena |
| Pablo Villaca |
3.5/5 | " Columbus overcomes several of the first film's problems with this much darker, slightly more edgy sequel." |
| Shadows on the Wall |
| Rich Cline |
B+ | "After struggling interminably to bring the first of the obscenely popular Harry Potter novels to the screen, director Chris Columbus finally cracks the code with his second effort." |
| Flipside Movie Emporium |
| Rob Vaux |
B | "One of those rare sequels that is as good as the original movie." |
| Laramie Movie Scope |
| Robert Roten |
B | "All the things that made the first film a hit with its target audience." |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Robin Clifford |
B+ | "Returns the original’s cast and director, and retains that film’s winning combination of limitless imagination and exhilarating adventure." |
| Eclipse Magazine |
| Sean O'Connell |
3.5/4 | "Great!" |
| sbs.is |
| Stefan Birgir Stefansson |
| "Despite terrific special effects and funnier gags, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J.K. Rowling's marvelous series into a deadly bore." |
| Salon.com |
| Stephanie Zacharek |
B | "As with the original film, there's little to offend the most myopic fan of the books, but also little room for the imaginative extension of the author's universe that distinguishes an inspired adaptation from a merely workmanlike one." |
| Decent Films Guide |
| Steven D. Greydanus |
10/10 | "The second installment is scarier, darker, longer and even better than the first. It's an enchanting, enthralling, eye-popping miracle of moviemaking." |
| rec.arts.movies.reviews |
| Susan Granger |
3.5/4 | "That the film is a worthy swan song for Richard Harris is first a surprise then an incalculable relief--and destined to be the proudest legacy of the picture: a beautifully crafted dark fable." |
| Film Freak Central |
| Walter Chaw |
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OFCS Rating: 85% Fresh |
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