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(1 - 50) of 57 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   12   > Next 4/5 "There's still some kindred magic in the air, not to mention a healthy dose of humour, but Potter's sixth year is easily his darkest, most mature adventure to date."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke "The film's marvelous visuals are what I admire most about it -- and I couldn't help going deeper and deeper under the spell of such cinematic wizardry."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 4/5 "This is Harry Potter for grown ups, the boy wizard and his clever companions given a dramatic heft and cinematic legitimacy they've sorely missed before."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 8/10 "An impressive and troubling work, boasting a dark and nightmarish undertow that many more "adult" or "legitimate" films attempt but fail to achieve."   CampBlood.org   Brian Juergens A- "Yates once again brings out the best in the exposition-intense material, and while he's not permitted the same amount of apocalyptic fury as before, he stylishly crafts a consistent, riveting, and optically stupendous sequel."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf "At what point did the Harry Potter film franchise become a race against repetition?"   PopMatters   Chris Barsanti 3.5/5 "Half-Blood Prince's length is its only real problem, and judicious editing could have easily trimmed a half hour or more out of the film, giving it tighter, more urgent pacing"   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null B+ ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is the most balanced Harry Potter film to come along..."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 4/5 "While the Harry Potter movies have always been a wonderful excuse for jaw dropping special effects, it's gratifying to see the fantasy landscapes populated by wizards and witches with flesh-and-blood personalities."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 5/5 "We leave the theater with the rush of breathless anticipation mixed with a pinch of worry."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 3.5/4 "This is a movie that steps far outside of the comfort zone and becomes an enthralling and fully-realized gothic fantasy."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 3.5/4 "A remarkable achievement in imagination, storytelling, and underlying thematic relevance, a motion picture that visually dazzles as any respectably made blockbuster should, but also knows not to misplace the human element at the forefront."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 2/5 "Tal vez el problema mayor %u2013más allá de la duración, la falta de momentos "importantes" y de acción, e incluso el exceso de romance adolescente- sea el desfiguramiento de Harry como héroe."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio A- "A richly entertaining adventure that adds more details to the mythology and at the same time tells a ripping good story."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 4/4 "A film that stands on its own, The Half-Blood Prince is the purest example of virtuoso storytelling we have seen all summer and maybe all year joining a short list that includes Up, Away We Go and The Hurt Locker."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B+ "That Half-Blood Prince stays true to Rowling's downbeat, morose vision is a testament to the integrity of this franchise and the fortitude of its fans. The movie is quiet, graceful and restrained."   AMCtv.com   Eugene Novikov "The most disappointing of the bunch, if only because it opens so promisingly"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce B "Such an assured, professional piece of work--and a pre-sold one at that--that it will largely disarm criticism, despite its flaws."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A special mission for Harry "the Chosen One" along with romantic interludes for the teenage wizards in this drama which sets the stage for the last films in this series."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat "More like And the Hot-Blooded Teens."   The L Magazine   Henry Stewart 3/4 "The sixth Harry Potter movie has its share of flaws but nevertheless represents solid entertainment, and it extends a remarkable streak for a franchise that has gone six deep without one failure."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "while the film has its moments of visual elegance, its lack of narrative rhythm and jumbled sense of forced plot points will leave ravenous Potter fans griping about what's been left out and those poor souls who haven't read the books perpetually confused"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick "A sixth installment that doesn't disappoint in the way that, let's say, Police Academy 6 - City Under Siege, Friday the 13th Part VI - Jason Lives and Halloween 6 - The Curse of Michael Myers did."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 4/5 "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince isn't great family entertainment -- it's great entertainment, period, a blockbuster with true heart and real humanity alongside the high-stakes struggles and brilliant effects."   MSN Movies   James Rocchi 7/10 "On the whole, it's a fine film, and yet I'm disappointed that it didn't more greatly acknowledge the gravity of the impending conflict."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3/4 "The sixth Harry Potter film is the most mature and fully-realized yet - which is great news for fans, but may hold little interest for the uninitiated."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito "The effects are sufficiently dazzling and the script's balance between humor and peril nicely calibrated."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   John P. McCarthy 3.5/5 "full review on Movies for the Masses"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 5/5 "Half-Blood is fully worth seeing."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 5/5 "Merlin's pants, what a fine motion picture! Steve Kloves is back and it makes all the difference in the world. This was a fantastic adaptation of an excellent book, and well worth your time and money."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2/5 "Radcliffe, in particular, comes off bored and distant, more hitting the marks than baring the soul."   Time Out New York   Keith Uhlich 3/5 "The film takes flight when the story is grounded in the world of Hogwarts."   School Library Journal   Kent Turner 3.0/4.0 "Mischief managed, faith restored... David Yates strikes the right balance between overplot spectacle and the character relationships that will undo the Dark Lord himself."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4.5/5 "the Empire Strikes Back of the Harry Potter series, and it's possibly the best film in the whole lot"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B+ "...the ever darkening and endangering story is in excellent hands as it heads towards its finale...Rickman is sublime."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Laura Clifford "The impending magical apocalypse and the agonies of young love get equal time in this fantasy with its roots planted firmly in the realm of real human relationships and experience."   Miss FlickChick   Maitland McDonagh 3/4 "Boys and girls pair off; expository bookkeeping sets up the final conflict"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "[Offers a] surprisingly complementary chirpy sense of humor and bleak sense of horror... [N]arrow[s] down the hugeness of the novel into a diptych depicting the choices of adolescence..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "I don't believe in magic, but I do believe in "movie magic," and this sixth installment has it."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan A "Once again, J.K. Rowling and screenwriter Steve Kloves expertly blend the most intimate and personal of teenage feelings with the grander concerns about the fate of the world."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 2.5/4 "Often feels fruitful thanks to diligent concentration on the romantic plights of its three pubescent protagonists."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 5/5 "Revelando-se um pequeno milagre no esquema de produção industrial de Hollywood em função de sua consistência ao longo de seis filmes, a franquia finalmente alcança, aqui, um exemplar próximo da perfeição."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 5/5 "Funny, enchanting, occasionally creepy and beautiful to look at, this is the kind of full-blooded fantasy filmmaking that used to emerge when filmmakers were more interested in telling stories than in selling Happy Meals."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "Well-made and watchable, but feels like an intake of breath before the frantic finale."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline "The thoughtfully expressive compositions, in their vast, almost embracing depth, suggest a silent film made today."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick A "Now that all the actors playing children in this series of movies have grown up and become adults, finally we get to the first movie in the series that allows them to act like children, however briefly."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "The even-handed telling...does a first-rate job in laying the groundwork for the much-anticipated finale to this favorite film series."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 7/10 "A couple new characters and war brewing does not fill up two and a half hours of screen time"   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 6/10 "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince won't win any awards for intellectual depth, but it's a thoroughly enjoyable summer movie..."   Playback:stl   Sarah Boslaugh  (1 - 50) of 57 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   12   > Next