| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by John Ulmer (Rating: 2/5) |
| "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is an ultra-long, boring
mess of a movie. Of course, like all movies of its kind, it has a huge
cult following. Living in the UK, it's even more popular than in the
States, where I first experienced its major...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10) |
| Slipping only occasionally into the bigger-is-better theory that plagues
many movie sequels, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is another
successful wild ride, thanks to a very entertaining source, a keen and
fairly faithful adaptation, and...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| The wizardly, bespectacled Harry Potter is back in "Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets," a slick, sophisticated, yet surprisingly same-y sequel
to last year's adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling's growing collection
of popular children's...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: C+) |
| Visionary creators have fashioned a wondrous
world of magical creatures, dreamy landscapes,
sweeping vistas, and a gothic masterpiece that is
Hogwarts School, where Harry will return for his
2nd year of magical education. There is beauty
to be found in...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| Chamber is my least favorite of the 4 Potter books due to the
disjointed narrative and sub-narrative, but this is a bang up
adaptation of it nevertheless. Lots of fun and action, laughs and
mystery, and really, isn't that why we love Harry Potter?...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| The first Harry Potter movie was very good, but it stayed so close to
the book that it spread itself too thin trying to get at every single
detail. This adaptation of Joanne Rowling's second book (which I think
is the weakest among the entire series)...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10) |
| CAPSULE: Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts School for
his sophomore year and finds a new mystery involving
a missing secret room at the school and a struggle
between purebred wizards and those who are interbred.
There are a lot of...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, John
Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard
Harris, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith,...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 4/4) |
| Directed by Chris Columbus. Screenplay by Steven Kloves, based on the
novel by JK Rowling. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint.
Running time: 162 minutes. Rated PG for frightening scenes by the MFCB.
Reviewed on November 16th, 2002. more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4) |
| # stars based on 4 stars: 3
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Warner Bros/Heydey Films
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Written by: Steve Kloves, novel by J.K. Rowling
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, kenneth
Branagh, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane,...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10) |
| PLOT:
Harry Potter is set to return to his next semester at Hogwarts, but is warned to
stay away by an elf with a big nose. Harry ignores the gnome's directive and
goes back anyway, only to stumble upon a series of disturbing circumstances, in
which a...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002) 3 1/2 stars out of 4.
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh,
John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard
Harris, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman,...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
| It has been a long year since our noble young wizard in training came to
the big screen. Eager fans everywhere are now ready, willing and able
for the next installment from J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets. more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B+) |
| Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is imprisoned by the Dursleys who are
forbidding him to return to Hogwarts for his sophomore year. One night
in his new, upstairs bedroom Harry's visited by Dobby (voice of Toby Jones),
a house elf, who is desperate to...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4) |
| Lots more of the same isn't better. In HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS,
again directed by Chris Columbus and adapted for the screen by Steven Kloves
from a J.K. Rowling novel, we continue where we left off last time. This super
economy sized...more |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 10/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (Warner
Bros.)
The second installment in the ongoing film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's
series is scarier, darker, longer and even better than the first. Assuming that
everyone...more |
