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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
U/A (INDIA)
2007
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Positive Reviews
94
Negative reviews
9
Average Rating
3.6
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3.2
Though there are moments of levity scattered throughout Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, the workmanlike fifth entry in the franchise, the o ..
Av Club
2.0
Directed by David Yates, who has a background in British television, Order Of The Phoenix feels a little too complacent at times, though it has moment ..
Av Club
3.5
The end may be in sight by now, but were still not sure if its a light at the end of this particular tunnel we see or the cold headlamp of some hell b ..
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Yates ramps up the adrenalin and menace while adding new layers of emotional anguish befitting the adolescent years now reached by the teenage protago ..
Screen Daily
3.1
Whatever happened to the delight and, if youll excuse the term, the magic in the Harry Potter series
Rogerebert
2.5
Luckily for Yates, though the movie itself is something akin to a disaster it also contains the best performances weve seen in the movies so far.
Cinema Blend
5.0
But they didnt.And unless you live under a rock, there will be no escaping Pottermania over the next two weeks.
Ny Daily News
3.1
It seems to be a rule that the Potter franchise constitutes a full employment act for Brit thespians.
Philly
4.0
It is, and so are the burdens of growing up, even if you are an accomplished wizard.
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
A great cast is given a little room to breathe and act, something the weakest films in this planned octology have been lacking.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.1
But for a tale suffused with spells and portents, the magic is oddly elusive.
Tv Guide
3.8
Fans able to fill in the blank spaces left out by Goldberg and Yates will thrill to the latest chapter of this increasingly grown up series.
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.4
The special effects marry into the action, look authentically fantastical, and have a wonderful imagination.
Mark Reviews Movies
4.4
Its a tender moment, but much of the books romance is left out of the film.
Usa Today
1.5
It feels like the slowest of Harry Potter movies...a great character dies, but he wasnt really utilized well, so you dont feel what you should...Order ..
You Tube
3.5
As dark and depressing as the film is, this is a good movie, and a worthy successor to the previous films in the series.It is both slow and hurried.
Lariat
3.8
As usual, the adults are the most entertaining figures in the film.
Eric Ds Nider
4.0
Yates paces the film at a clip that makes this, the shortest in the series so far, seem even shorter.
News Review
2.5
Its competently made, but feels like filler that barely advances the overall series plot.
Screen It
4.4
If youre not hot for Harry onscreen, watch out for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth of the seven Potter books to be filmed to date ..
Rolling Stone
4.0
But the script is loaded with witty asides and sharp observations, as well as encounters that are genuinely thrilling and surprisingly touching.
Shadows On The Wall
3.5
Cuaron, more than any of the other directors, drew out the lyricism and terror, and the great good humor, of the books.
Cs Monitor
3.0
Fifty years from now, will any of the Harry Potter movies be thought of in the same way
Film Journal
3.0
In the past Ive been an unreliable fan but Harrys grip on me is tightening.Put it down to politics.
Smh
4.5
As the overall saga moves toward its final installment, the stakes have risen accordingly.
Mountain X
3.5
Its still a great deal of fun to write about.One might begrudge Rowling her insane wealth and great fortune; I applaud anybody with the smarts, nerve ..
Emanuellevy
4.5
Happily, the following three Harry Potter movies were entertaining enough to keep my sense of wonder alive.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l ..
Q Network
3.0
Maybe they do, in Harry Potter, but Grint and Radcliffe should make us believe that, just as they should make us believe that this is one of the great ..
Daily Mail
3.0
This is a gangly, confusing sprawl, and yet there are enough patches of beauty scattered throughout that its impossible to reject it wholesale.
Salon
3.5
Instead, the movie is brisk and lively, if not exactly action packed.
Slate
1.0
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Kaleem Aftab 2 July 2007 HARRY POTTER AND THE (12A) 138min FANTASY/ADAPTATION At over 800 Pages Harry Potter ..
Flim List
4.0
But the darkness of the latest Harry Potter film is tempered by just enough humour and more than enough action to make it worth peering through the mu ..
Empire
4.0
In this dark (even by Potter standards) and captivating new adventure, the kids face increasing peril, and the thrills intensify right up to the explo ..
Common Sense Media
4.5
Ive been waiting for things to turn dark and murderous for a while now, and Ive finally gotten my wish.And best of all
Movies
2.5
But others, naive types stumbling in just hoping to see a movie that stands on its own, will find a long picture with a few pleasing moments, one stan ..
Sf Gate
4.5
By focussing the story on Harry (a leaner and slightly meaner Daniel Radcliffe) and his exploits, Yates dispenses with many of the novels subplots and ..
New Yorker
3.5
Another mystery whether a new director (David Yates) and scriptwriter (Michael Goldenberg) can build on the intelligent urgency of the past two Potter ..
Time
3.5
Leaner than its cinematic predecessors at 138 minutes, the fifth Potter film has trimmed Rowlings garrulous, character crowded novel (at 870 pages, it ..
Washington Post
3.0
The movie gains in momentum but loses a lot of the fun and wonder of previous installments.
Washington Post
3.0
And like its predecessors, it manages to succeed as a piece of entertainment without quite fulfilling its potential as a movie.
The New York Times
4.4
This is key to much of this latest films grand success, for what started as family entertainment in the early entries has grown along with its charact ..
The Movie Boy
3.0
If this is as bad as the Potter series gets, its a pretty good low water mark.
Bullz-Eye
3.8
Director David Yates, the first Brit to helm the series, invests Order of the Phoenix with a very sinister tone from his opening frames...
Reeling Reviews
4.5
The film is not relentlessly intense; there are moments of deft humor and rewarding loveliness.
Flickfilosopher
3.0
Longtime Potter fans will probably be eager to forgive Phoenixs flaws, and even casual viewers will still find plenty to like, but the feeling of mark ..
Las Vegas Weekly
4.4
This may be the first Harry Potter movie that cannot stand on its own.
ReelViews
3.8
Latest Entertainment Videos Unlike its predecessors, it doesnt stand alone, or leave us with a huge sense of narrative satisfaction.
Seattle Pi
3.8
Humor is subjective, of course, but the film offers this litmus test: do you laugh when a sane adult finally slaps Ellie (You listen to me, you crazy ..
Groucho Reviews
3.5
Theres still enough suspense built into the saga to keep us watching, but after five installments, this dazzling box office wizard is slowly running o ..
Cnn
1.5
The fifth Potter picture is one of the lesser entries in the series: way too rushed, and a mite too dour.
Herald Sun
3.1
Another jumble of special effects, plot shards, celebrity cameos, and sometimes impressive imagery
Movie Habit
3.0
Its not the best film by far, in my opinion better than the first one but not as good as the fourth one, but its part of the Harry Potter experience t ..
7M Pictures
3.8
A movie much more in the mode of a conventional thriller than previous Potter outings.
The Star
3.1
But this talky fantasy isnt likely to convert anyone who isnt already a Potter devotee.
Deseret News
3.5
This is my least favourite of the series, despite the fact that the exquisite reality and detailed production design is as intricate and marvellous as ..
Urban Cine File
1.5
Clearly serving as an overly dependent middle section of the franchise, this is one of the more forgettable installments.
4.0
Aside from a bit of a slow start, the film passes in a flash, meaning you may find yourself calling out for more as the credits start to roll.The real ..
Mirror
4.0
Advancing one of the most successful pieces of imaginative fiction adapted for the screen is this fifth installment of the Harry Potter saga.
Varia Gate
4.5
The film is more than satisfactory for fans of the series, but cant quite conjure up much else besides stunning visuals.
2.5
Even so, despite all these disadvantages, surely a better film could have been made than this one.
Christianity Today
3.5
Theres still plenty of breathtaking screen sorcery, and spectacular wand wars with Harrys soul on the line.
News Blaze
1.9
Alysse writes: It is wonderful.It is like nothing I have ever read before.
Ross Anthony
4.4
Indeed he isnt.And neither is this fifth and darkest installment of the unthinkably good franchise and the first not to be written by Steve Kloves.
Big Picture Big Sound
3.8
1 of 3 View Caption Gary Oldman as Sirius Black and Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in Warner Bros. Pictures fantasy Harry Potter and the Order of Th ..
Sltrib
4.4
Director David Yates delivers the darkest and most dangerous Harry Potter to date, and makes the most of a story designed to prepare us for the final ..
Waffle Movies
3.8
Only true fans of the books will notice many of these shortcomings, but I must hope that this was a fluke or misstep, not a sign of things to come.
Movie Crypt
3.0
Of courseif this isnt enough for anybody but the true Potter fanatictheres always next time.
Straight
4.5
David Yates has taken the Potter challenge head on, making one of the first Potter movies to greatly improve upon the original book.
ComingSoon
3.0
The storytelling seems occasionally disjointed, but more important, for all the special effects wizardry, that touch of film magic never surfaces.
News Week
3.0
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Entertainment Times Online ..
4.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
4.4
Partly due to its intensity, Order of the Phoenix is better than the first four in the series.Also credit a much tighter, meatier script and better ac ..
Chron
2.0
But in general this is a sombre and at times curiously sober movie, handsomely designed as always, atmospherically lit and confidently performed, thou ..
Film Guardian
2.5
Harrys premier snog is very much the USP of this, the fifth Harry Potter film.Hang on: the fifth
Film Guardian
3.8
Still, it is pitifully slow getting started, and it appears to have been lit with Bunsen burners, making it the dreariest looking of the five Potters. ..
Mercury News
2.5
As the number of pages gets higher, the movies are having a tougher time squeezing them all into one cohesive narrative.
Scene Stealers
4.5
After four magical cinematic chapters of Harry Potter, the franchise finally hits a bump in the road with Order of the Phoenix, which is full of plot ..
Bowling Green Daily News
3.5
If director Chris Columbus represented risk aversion with the first two Potter films, Alfonso Cuaron and Mike Newell in the third and fourth stood up ..
La Times
3.5
Its a welcome step forward in a wunderkind boy of destiny on the road to true heroism.
Decent Films
4.0
Unlike many other movie franchises Harry Potter has thus far not worn out its welcome and is still wonderfully entertaining.
Scifi Movie Page
3.5
With the publication of the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series on July 21, somebodys hash will be settled at long last.
Wsj
3.5
Yates brings a new vision to the series and gives it vibrant life.He is a smart stylist.
Tony Mack
2.8
Nevertheless, I immensely enjoyed Goblet of Fire as a chapter of its own, loaded with action, wit, and wonder.
From The Balcony
3.8
Rowlings owlishly charismatic hero is returning to Hogwarts for his fifth year.
Articles Chicago Tribune
4.4
Dwights boasts a bittersweet, meandering charm, but the primary reason to see this dramatic comedy is the chance to watch Blethyn ravenously dig into ..
People
4.0
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix Review Summary: Impossible to judge, really, until we have all seven films.But hey, I loved it.
Future Movies
4.5
And again, I cant say it enough, to appreciate the depth of the story and the characters, if you havent already done so, read the book and let your im ..
4.5
Its about No Child Left Behind. The government tries to sanitize the classes and standardize tests so that the kids wont actually learn anything threa ..
Can Mag
2.0
Traditional drama is usually a three act deal: set up, conflict, resolution. But this is the three act deal every two minutes. Danger, baddie, magic. ..
Spectator
4.5
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is one of those rare films that exceeds the source material.
Movies Ign
3.5
Rowling hands you a terrific concept: Magic isnt something that you have; its something you learn.
Films Nobs
4.5
The most character driven, dialogue centric and politically astute Potter film yet.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
3.5
With David Yates already in pre production on the next Potter movie (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) it seems that the franchise may finally h ..
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
2.5
It is also running an Indian film series to complement its collection of Indian paintings.
Kpbs
4.4
But it is a path that must be taken.On summer break, our youthful wizard Harry Potter (Radcliffe) is in a local park watching other families with grea ..
Crazed Fan Boy
4.4
There is not necessarily a lot of flash or spectacle going on in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to call it an exhilarating fantasy adventur ..
Cinema Phile
3.8
In the touching, droll and engrossing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, fear and loathing beset the wizard world.
Articles Baltimore Sun
3.0
Order of the Phoenix is entertaining enough, but it feels like a stopgap, a stepping stone to later, greater thrills.
Bbc
3.1
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is, in some ways, the most challenging of the books for a director.
Articles Sun Sentinel
4.4
The 19 year old shot by a Louisiana state trooper during a traffic stop in Baton Rouge three weeks ago was shot in the back and shrapnel near his spin ..
2 The Advocate
2.5
And it all leads to a wizard showdown (as usual).Its amazing that, with so much talent and such a colorful story, the film is so lacking in significan ..
Looking Closer
2.5
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Cine Rina
3.0
Fitting a nearly 900 page novel into a palatable 2+ hour movie is no easy task, and unfortunately it seems that the latest director on the Harry Potte ..
Horror
4.5
All that drama in the tent and the weak attempt to make a love triangle happen doesnt work.
rachelsreviews.net
4.5
Despite lacking charisma, David Yates still manages to convey a dark epic feel to the affair.
4.0
Then, Ill see the latest installment in the Harry Potter series and realize, nah, its not me, all those other films really do suck, and its Potter tha ..
Japan Times
4.2
Certainly, its a transitory piece of filmmaking unable to rustle up a monster payoff, but its a wholly satisfying one; the best so far of the franchis ..
English Oh My News
4.5
Its clear that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has left the dewy eyed awe of childhood magic and entered the brooding angst of adolescent po ..
3.2
The movie itself is less to blame than the timing.If this were the sixth movie, coming out just ten days before the seventh book arrived in bookstores ..
East Bay Times
4.5
Humor and ridicule help disperse that noxious cloud and show up the paper tyrant for what she truly is.It makes a great blueprint for challenging auth ..
Cinema Stache
2.8
Even the best products have downsides and there is no such thing as a perfect product.
Video Review Master
4.5
Good film directed for a teenage audience in which not only is magic taught but also how stereotypes affect it while the film itself recreates some Br ..
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