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Movie ID: 1438
RT slug: harry_potter_and_the_prisoner_of_azkaban
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_prisoner_of_azkaban
Release year: 2004
Runtime: 141 mins
Wide release date: —
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2009-01-01
Tomatometer final: 90%
Audience score final: 86%
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family
Directors: Alfonso Cuarón
Writers: J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves
Producers: Chris Columbus, David Heyman, Mark Radcliffe
MPAA rating: PG
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-09-30 21:05:12
Updated: 2026-09-30 21:05:12
Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts starts off badly when he learns deranged killer Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban prison and is bent on murdering the teenage wizard. While Hermione's cat torments Ron's sickly rat, causing a rift among the trio, a swarm of nasty Dementors is sent to protect the school from Black. A mysterious new teacher helps Harry learn to defend himself, but what is his secret tie to Sirius Black?
Under the assured direction of Alfonso Cuaron, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban triumphantly strikes a delicate balance between technical wizardry and complex storytelling.
Canonical reviews: 262
Canonical fresh: 237
Canonical rotten: 25
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 262 (237/25), 90% (90.458% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-09-29 18:13:29
Snapshot Tomatometer: 90%
Snapshot review count: 263
Snapshot fresh count: 237
Snapshot rotten count: 25
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #4217 (full_snapshot)
| Company | Role |
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| Warner Bros. Pictures | distributor |
| 1492 Pictures | production |
| Heyday Films | production |
| Warner Bros. Television | production |
| Warner Brothers | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Daniel Radcliffe | Harry Potter |
| 2 | Rupert Grint | Ron Weasley |
| 3 | Emma Watson | Hermione Granger |
| 4 | Gary Oldman | Sirius Black |
| 5 | David Thewlis | Professor Lupin |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283676 | Rebecca VanAcker | Screen Rant | Fresh | 9/10 | 2025-03-03T19:52:35.000Z | 2025-03-03 19:52:35 | Prisoner of Azkaban is a standout entry in the Harry Potter franchise – it establishes an effective tone under Alfonso Cuarón’s stellar direction. |
| 283677 | Justin Brown | Medium Popcorn | Fresh | 3/5 | 2025-01-15T15:18:23.000Z | 2025-01-15 15:18:23 | This is far more enjoyable than the first two films. I'm still not a fan of Dumbledore. |
| 283678 | Brandon Collins | Medium Popcorn | Fresh | 4/5 | 2025-01-15T15:17:45.000Z | 2025-01-15 15:17:45 | It's a tad too long but serves as the turning point for the series where filmmakers were actually doing something unique with each new film. The performances of the three leads demonstrate their continued growth as actors, which I appreciated. |
| 283679 | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Me gusta el cine | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2024-06-05T00:36:43.000Z | 2024-06-05 00:36:43 | Yes, the first two Columbus films were a success and introduced us to this universe in a fun way. But Cuarón gave it texture, verisimilitude and thematic depth, establishing a tone that was maintained until the eighth instalment. Full review in Spanish. |
| 283680 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2024-05-31T23:12:17.000Z | 2024-05-31 23:12:17 | [Alfonso Cuarón] attacked the Potter material with the instincts of an auteur. Everything darkened. Literally. |
| 283681 | Dave Giannini | InSession Film | Fresh | — | 2024-02-20T21:11:23.000Z | 2024-02-20 21:11:23 | This is the only Harry Potter movie that stands on its own as a good film, the best Harry Potter movie, and it’s not even close. |
| 283682 | Sean Axmaker | Stream on Demand | Fresh | — | 2024-01-06T03:22:16.000Z | 2024-01-06 03:22:16 | Director Alfonso Cuaron breaks away from the literal translation to bring create a more intimate and stylistically complex movie... |
| 283683 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-12-08T12:50:10.000Z | 2021-12-08 12:50:10 | ...a marked departure for the watchable yet thoroughly bland series... |
| 283684 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Fresh | 7/10 | 2020-09-29T06:21:47.000Z | 2020-09-29 06:21:47 | Definitely not foolproof, like almost every time travel explanation, but this film nevertheless presents a new, creative angle. |
| 283685 | Debbie Lynn Elias | Behind The Lens | Fresh | — | 2019-11-13T22:15:27.000Z | 2019-11-13 22:15:27 | Hogwarts is back in session! And not a moment too soon. And although I've said it before, I've got to say it again, a technical and visual masterpiece. |
| 283686 | Guillem Martinez Oya | Cinematismo | Fresh | 4/5 | 2019-07-11T07:30:29.000Z | 2019-07-11 07:30:29 | 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 British stereotypes. [Review in Spanish] |
| 283687 | Rachel Wagner | rachelsreviews.net | Fresh | A | 2019-04-04T00:23:24.000Z | 2019-04-04 00:23:24 | It is without a doubt the best made film of the series. |
| 283688 | Jeremy Jahns | JeremyJahns.com | Fresh | — | 2018-01-26T01:32:56.000Z | 2018-01-26 01:32:56 | Prisoner of Azkaban baffled me and completely floored me...it shows that Harry Potter ages with people. |
| 283689 | Antonia Quirke | London Evening Standard | Fresh | — | 2017-12-14T02:07:11.000Z | 2017-12-14 02:07:11 | This Potter is terse, swift, sad -- and welcome. |
| 283690 | Kevin Carr | Fat Guys at the Movies | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2016-01-17T12:55:18.000Z | 2016-01-17 12:55:18 | demonstrates how wishy-washy Columbus was in many of his decisions |
| 283691 | Christopher Orr | The Atlantic | Fresh | — | 2014-11-16T12:59:09.000Z | 2014-11-16 12:59:09 | Cuarón brought to the Potter franchise a quality curiously missing from the two previous films: magic. |
| 283692 | Mark Kermode | New Statesman | Fresh | — | 2014-11-16T12:57:53.000Z | 2014-11-16 12:57:53 | OK, so the narrative may be a tad shaky, but what lends Azkaban its edge is the unabashedly creepy tone that Cuaron conjures. |
| 283693 | Matt Soergel | Florida Times-Union | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2014-11-16T12:55:05.000Z | 2014-11-16 12:55:05 | Turning 13 suits our intrepid Hogwarts students just fine in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. |
| 283694 | Christopher Borrelli | Toledo Blade | Fresh | 4/5 | 2014-11-16T12:53:14.000Z | 2014-11-16 12:53:14 | It's the most moving and inventive live action children's film in years (and therefore, just as magical for adults, if not more). |
| 283695 | Dan Webster | Spokesman-Review (Washington) | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2014-11-16T12:52:07.000Z | 2014-11-16 12:52:07 | You could call this one Harry Potter Grows Up. At the very least, the transition from Chris Columbus to Alfonso Cuaron has helped propel J.K. Rowling's hero from childhood into the difficult teen years. |
| 283696 | Tim Brayton | Antagony & Ecstasy | Fresh | 7/10 | 2013-09-28T23:04:10.000Z | 2013-09-28 23:04:10 | It's arguably the most fun Harry Potter film to watch: inventive, quick-moving, playful, beautiful. |
| 283697 | David Walker | Willamette Week | Fresh | — | 2013-08-03T23:41:08.000Z | 2013-08-03 23:41:08 | What makes Prisoner of Azkaban so successful is that, like the earlier films in the franchise, it actually adapts the book from which it takes its name. |
| 283698 | James Keith La Croix | Metro Times (Detroit, MI) | Rotten | — | 2013-08-03T23:39:00.000Z | 2013-08-03 23:39:00 | Prisoner of Azkaban lacks the depth that those of us old enough to drive may have enjoyed in the earlier Potter installments. |
| 283699 | Joe Morgenstern | Wall Street Journal | Fresh | — | 2013-08-03T23:36:30.000Z | 2013-08-03 23:36:30 | The right word for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is wondersful -- as in full of wonders, great and small. |
| 283700 | Mike Goodridge | Screen International | Fresh | — | 2013-08-03T23:31:25.000Z | 2013-08-03 23:31:25 | Cuaron delivers a genuinely spooky and emotionally involving adventure which gives the world of Potter much-needed character and atmosphere. |
| 283701 | David Aldridge | Radio Times | Fresh | 4/5 | 2013-08-03T23:30:14.000Z | 2013-08-03 23:30:14 | Alfonso Cuarn brings a darker, edgier, scarier feel to this installment. |
| 283702 | Unknown Critic | Total Film | Fresh | 4/5 | 2013-08-03T23:29:17.000Z | 2013-08-03 23:29:17 | Given arguably the best book of the series to work from, new director Alfonso Cuarn has turned out the best film to date, too. |
| 283703 | Scott Tobias | AV Club | Fresh | — | 2013-08-03T23:28:28.000Z | 2013-08-03 23:28:28 | For the first time, the non-converted may actually see what all the fuss is about. |
| 283704 | Leah Rozen | People Magazine | Fresh | 3/4 | 2013-08-03T23:27:16.000Z | 2013-08-03 23:27:16 | This is easily the best Harry Potter film yet, though a few qualifiers need to be added to that endorsement. |
| 283705 | Bruce Diones | The New Yorker | Fresh | — | 2013-08-03T23:21:46.000Z | 2013-08-03 23:21:46 | Just like the books that the films are based on, this franchise gets better with each installment. |
| 283706 | Felix Vasquez Jr. | Cinema Crazed | Fresh | — | 2013-06-15T09:33:19.000Z | 2013-06-15 09:33:19 | The best of the franchise so far... |
| 283707 | Nell Minow | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 5/5 | 2010-12-24T11:41:03.000Z | 2010-12-24 11:41:03 | Fantastic, but kids are older, themes are darker. |
| 283708 | Peter Canavese | Groucho Reviews | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2010-11-06T13:11:51.000Z | 2010-11-06 13:11:51 | Cuarn filigrees his film with brilliantly outsized projections of Harry's fears and underlying realities. [Blu-ray] |
| 283709 | R.L. Shaffer | IGN DVD | Fresh | 9/10 | 2010-11-04T14:51:25.000Z | 2010-11-04 14:51:25 | Potter's third year is his most inventive yet. |
| 283710 | J. R. Jones | Chicago Reader | Fresh | — | 2010-09-08T17:32:24.000Z | 2010-09-08 17:32:24 | Like the first two movies, this is loaded with computer-generated imagery, but for the first time there's a sense of dramatic proportion balancing the spectacle and the story line. |
| 283711 | Urban Cinefile Critics | Urban Cinefile | Fresh | — | 2008-10-18T03:28:24.000Z | 2008-10-18 03:28:24 | Ultimately the success of the film lies in the characters, and the emotions that they trigger in us. |
| 283712 | Joe Lozito | Big Picture Big Sound | Fresh | 3/4 | 2007-07-14T03:27:21.000Z | 2007-07-14 03:27:21 | Regardless of its cinematic shortcomings, the Harry Potter film series still has a ton of life in it. |
| 283713 | Prairie Miller | Long Island Press | Fresh | — | 2007-05-30T18:58:34.000Z | 2007-05-30 18:58:34 | Rather than a brand new sense of adventure, there's a sense in this sequel of a rerun, a tendency that even Harry's extreme magic can't seem to overcome. |
| 283714 | Kam Williams | Princeton Town Topics | Fresh | 4/4 | 2007-05-02T21:25:43.000Z | 2007-05-02 21:25:43 | A menagerie of menacing and morphing computer-generated special effects make the movie worthwhile. |
| 283715 | Betsy Bozdech | DVDJournal.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-10-22T00:42:21.000Z | 2006-10-22 00:42:21 | Azkaban is the first Potter movie to really tap into its hero's anger, and the film benefits from it. |
| 283716 | Peter T. Chattaway | Christianity Today | Fresh | 3/4 | 2006-09-25T13:02:54.000Z | 2006-09-25 13:02:54 | Cuarn has produced the most terrifying and darkly humorous movie adaptation of Rowling's stories to date, giving it a visual flair sorely missing in the previous installments. |
| 283717 | Jay Antani | Cinema Writer | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-08-26T15:44:35.000Z | 2006-08-26 15:44:35 | [Director] Cuarn's imagery delights again and again |
| 283718 | Wally Hammond | Time Out | Fresh | — | 2006-06-24T03:23:40.000Z | 2006-06-24 03:23:40 | Compared to its predecessors, this is a more wintry, thoughtful and rewarding movie. |
| 283720 | Jeremiah Lewis | Film Threat | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2005-12-06T19:35:40.000Z | 2005-12-06 19:35:40 | Two and a half hours of neck-cramping semi-entertainment. |
| 283719 | Rick Kisonak | Film Threat | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2005-12-06T19:35:40.000Z | 2005-12-06 19:35:40 | What we're treated to is less a story than a series of vignettes. |
| 283721 | Christopher Smith | Bangor Daily News (Maine) | Fresh | A- | 2005-11-17T16:18:52.000Z | 2005-11-17 16:18:52 | The childlike whimsy of the previous Potters is dead, replaced by an encroaching loss of innocence and a foreboding sense of darkness. A new punch of life for the series. |
| 283722 | Gregory Weinkauf | ÜberCiné | Fresh | — | 2005-11-03T18:43:33.000Z | 2005-11-03 18:43:33 | Consistently glorious to the eye. |
| 283723 | Amy Biancolli | Houston Chronicle | Fresh | A- | 2005-07-21T03:26:46.000Z | 2005-07-21 03:26:46 | This is a luminous movie -- luminous, imaginative and affecting. For Harry Potter, at least, the third time is the charm. |
| 283724 | David Medsker | Bullz-Eye.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2005-07-05T18:46:10.000Z | 2005-07-05 18:46:10 | Growing up is hard enough for us Muggles; it certainly can't be any easier for wizards and witches. This is the first Potter movie that examines this. |
| 283725 | Emanuel Levy | EmanuelLevy.Com | Fresh | A- | 2005-06-26T21:14:21.000Z | 2005-06-26 21:14:21 | Despite generic constraints and audience expectations, Cuaron has succeeded in making a personal film |
| 283726 | Nick Schager | Lessons of Darkness | Fresh | B+ | 2005-05-04T10:10:05.000Z | 2005-05-04 10:10:05 | Visually marvelous. |
| 283727 | Garth Franklin | Dark Horizons | Fresh | 4/5 | 2005-03-14T22:15:48.000Z | 2005-03-14 22:15:48 | One of the best films so far this year and a big step up from two previous solid efforts. |
| 283728 | Anthony Quinn | Independent (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2005-03-06T22:15:59.000Z | 2005-03-06 22:15:59 | Cuaron has imbued a touch of the night into Harry and rendered the series a good deal more intriguing. |
| 283729 | Ethan Alter | NYC Film Critic | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2005-03-05T22:22:57.000Z | 2005-03-05 22:22:57 | The ordinariness of the magical world is a theme that runs throughout the film. Where Columbus went to great lengths to highlight every fantastical thing about this universe, Cuaron treats it matter-of-factly. |
| 283730 | Jeffrey Overstreet | JeffreyOverstreet.com (Ghost.io) | Fresh | B+ | 2004-12-06T17:10:31.000Z | 2004-12-06 17:10:31 | Entertaining, but it drains any kind of suspense from Harry's adventures by giving the magicians every variety of spell that they need just when they need it. |
| 283731 | Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel | 3BlackChicks Review | Fresh | — | 2004-11-28T22:22:48.000Z | 2004-11-28 22:22:48 | I'm really happy with how this installment turned out. I can easily recommend that you grab the kids and catch it on the big screen. |
| 283732 | John J. Puccio | Movie Metropolis | Fresh | 7/10 | 2004-11-11T09:01:52.000Z | 2004-11-11 09:01:52 | ...a good, atmospheric stepping stone in the Potter chronology, with yet something missing to make it an entirely satisfying movie on its own. (Ultimate Edition, Blu-ray) |
| 283733 | Steve Crum | Kansas City Kansan | Fresh | B | 2004-10-14T14:20:40.000Z | 2004-10-14 14:20:40 | The overall look is purposely grim and downbeat. |
| 283734 | Joel Siegel | Good Morning America | Fresh | A- | 2004-09-25T22:25:56.000Z | 2004-09-25 22:25:56 | This is the best of the Harry Potter films. It's not that there's more magic, it's just more magical. |
| 283735 | Wesley Lovell | Cinema Sight | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2004-09-05T22:16:45.000Z | 2004-09-05 22:16:45 | Just like Hagrid when he's faced with the certain death of his faithful pet Buckbeak, the audience falls into the emotional trap that Cuarn creates. |
| 283736 | Nick Davis | Nick's Flick Picks | Fresh | B+ | 2004-08-13T23:08:04.000Z | 2004-08-13 23:08:04 | A picture that's not only a franchise peak but a high point of the whole summer. For the first time in four years of half-trying, I'm gathering what all the fuss is about. |
| 283737 | Mark Sells | Oregon Herald | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2004-08-13T08:36:36.000Z | 2004-08-13 08:36:36 | A refreshing change of pace. Sophisticated and distinctive. |
| 283738 | Rex Roberts | Film Journal International | Fresh | — | 2004-08-08T08:30:28.000Z | 2004-08-08 08:30:28 | More thoughtful, but still entertaining. |
| 283739 | Daniel Kasman | d+kaz. intelligent movie reviews | Rotten | C+ | 2004-08-07T09:02:32.000Z | 2004-08-07 09:02:32 | — |
| 283740 | Peter Rainer | New York Magazine/Vulture | Fresh | — | 2004-08-07T09:02:24.000Z | 2004-08-07 09:02:24 | The most powerfully entrancing children's film in years. |
| 283741 | James Kendrick | Q Network Film Desk | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2004-08-03T08:16:05.000Z | 2004-08-03 08:16:05 | Comes very close to soaring. |
| 283742 | Jorge Avila Andrade | Moviola | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2004-07-20T16:48:39.000Z | 2004-07-20 16:48:39 | 'Est llena de magia, diversin y personajes que Cuarn ha vuelto ms que entraables. Felicidades, Alfonso! Enhorabuena.' |
| 283744 | Michelle Thomas | Future Movies UK | Fresh | 8/10 | 2004-07-20T13:33:17.000Z | 2004-07-20 13:33:17 | Where Cuaron really succeeds is with the actors. |
| 283743 | Joe Utichi | FilmFocus | Fresh | 89/100 | 2004-07-20T13:33:17.000Z | 2004-07-20 13:33:17 | Brilliantly conceived, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantastic step up from the first films. |
| 283745 | Nathaniel Rogers | The Film Experience | Fresh | — | 2004-07-07T12:38:33.000Z | 2004-07-07 12:38:33 | This time out the spell that's cast is actually a potent one. Cuaron's talent is the magical ingredient in this concoction. |
| 283746 | David Gritten | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Fresh | — | 2004-07-03T15:18:29.000Z | 2004-07-03 15:18:29 | This is the best Harry Potter film to date. |
| 283747 | Lori Hoffman | Atlantic City Weekly | Fresh | 3/4 | 2004-06-28T11:58:56.000Z | 2004-06-28 11:58:56 | ... the most emotionally effective film in the HP series ... |
| 283748 | David Cornelius | eFilmCritic.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2004-06-25T14:12:00.000Z | 2004-06-25 14:12:00 | Azkaban is a great adventure, a work that's marvelous as part of the franchise and on its own. |
| 283749 | Enrique Buchichio | Uruguay Total | Fresh | 4/5 | 2004-06-25T00:04:21.000Z | 2004-06-25 00:04:21 | (...) Esta tercera entrega de Harry Potter luce mucho ms fresca y atractiva, casi como una renovacin. |
| 283750 | Judith Egerton | Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2004-06-21T20:08:30.000Z | 2004-06-21 20:08:30 | The third time is less charming and more serious, yet Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban easily meets our requirements for a bewitching adventure. |
| 283751 | Kevin A. Ranson | MovieCrypt.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2004-06-20T13:53:39.000Z | 2004-06-20 13:53:39 | A new filmmaker provides his take on the third book by author and creator J. K. Rowling, providing a darker tone that meets the book halfway for its... wiser student wizard. |
| 283752 | Thomas Delapa | Boulder Weekly | Rotten | — | 2004-06-18T15:58:20.000Z | 2004-06-18 15:58:20 | Though Harry's now a teenager, Daniel Radcliffe hasn't grown an inch as an actor. No charmer, Radcliffe is barely the British version of Macaulay Culkin. |
| 283753 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Combustible Celluloid | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2004-06-18T11:20:13.000Z | 2004-06-18 11:20:13 | Moves with a new confidence. It's less scrubbed and disinfected and throbs with a more nightmarish excitement. |
| 283754 | Randy Shulman | Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2004-06-17T06:19:57.000Z | 2004-06-17 06:19:57 | Cuaron replaces the glossy sheen and rote mechanics director Christopher Columbus brought to the first two films with a dark, rich intensity. |
| 283755 | Karina Montgomery | Cinerina | Fresh | 5/5 | 2004-06-16T13:49:20.000Z | 2004-06-16 13:49:20 | Hogwarts never felt so real. Stunning and delicious. |
| 283756 | Steven Snyder | Zertinet Movies | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2004-06-16T08:16:05.000Z | 2004-06-16 08:16:05 | A shining improvement over the first two Potter installments and, in a comment I never thought I'd say, I would actually love to see Azkaban again. |
| 283757 | Mark Palermo | The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | Rotten | — | 2004-06-16T08:09:20.000Z | 2004-06-16 08:09:20 | [It] has moments that come alive, but is confined by an attitude that fantasy needn't pertain to anything beyond itself. |
| 283758 | Pablo Villaça | Cinema em Cena | Fresh | 4/5 | 2004-06-15T11:20:06.000Z | 2004-06-15 11:20:06 | Alfonso Cuarn imprime (ao filme) um aspecto sombrio, sem, com isto, perder a caracterstica mais fascinante da srie: o invencionismo de J.K. Rowling. |
| 283759 | Jules Brenner | Cinema Signals | Fresh | 4/5 | 2004-06-13T19:39:19.000Z | 2004-06-13 19:39:19 | So much time is spent on including juicy little inventions from author Rowlands' pages that the story tension dissipates and the audience's mind travels to other regions. |
| 283760 | Jake Euker | F5 (Wichita, KS) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2004-06-12T14:22:38.000Z | 2004-06-12 14:22:38 | I'm bewildered and frightened to find myself reporting that it's a very good movie, and it might have been a wonderful one. |
| 283762 | David Keyes | Cinemaphile.org | Rotten | 2/4 | 2004-06-12T08:24:21.000Z | 2004-06-12 08:24:21 | The Prisoner of Azkaban is basically a routine vehicle that plods its way through details without giving much incentive to feel engaged by the specifics. |
| 283761 | Joyce Millman | Boston Phoenix | Fresh | — | 2004-06-12T08:24:21.000Z | 2004-06-12 08:24:21 | It's Lupin, with his shabby dignity and tender concern for Harry, who's the emotional counterweight to the teenager's sadness and anger, and Thewlis brings great warmth to his father-figure role. |
| 283763 | Jeffrey Bruner | Des Moines Register | Fresh | 4/5 | 2004-06-11T09:32:57.000Z | 2004-06-11 09:32:57 | It's not a stretch to see Emma Watson as her generation's Jodie Foster - she's that good. |
| 283764 | Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi | Broomfield Enterprise | Fresh | — | 2004-06-11T09:21:46.000Z | 2004-06-11 09:21:46 | The story was a little harder to follow for novices like me |
| 283765 | Mike Sage | Peterborough This Week | Fresh | 5/5 | 2004-06-10T12:10:42.000Z | 2004-06-10 12:10:42 | Bring on the geek hate-mail, but Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban mops the floor with Lord of the Rings |
| 283766 | Josh Larsen | Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2004-06-10T11:09:29.000Z | 2004-06-10 11:09:29 | ...feels at once more magically childlike and grimly grown-up... |
| 283767 | Donald Munro | Fresno Bee | Rotten | C+ | 2004-06-10T10:43:43.000Z | 2004-06-10 10:43:43 | Even though Azkaban in many ways is a far more accomplished film than its predecessors, it comes dangerously close to shutting out the nonreader. |
| 283768 | James O'Ehley | Sci-Fi Movie Page | Fresh | 3/4 | 2004-06-10T08:15:27.000Z | 2004-06-10 08:15:27 | The Potter movies have an endearing and light-hearted spirit of whimsy from which a certain other, recent fantasy trilogy -- more overwrought, overlong, and overrated -- could have greatly benefited. |
| 283769 | John R. McEwen | Film Quips Online | Fresh | 4/5 | 2004-06-10T07:44:32.000Z | 2004-06-10 07:44:32 | Cuarn has imbued this film with his own style and dramatically changed the look and feel of the Potter universe...which I see as a marked improvement. |
| 283770 | Martin Scribbs | Mixed Reviews | Fresh | — | 2004-06-09T22:45:18.000Z | 2004-06-09 22:45:18 | Let's peek inside Harry Potter's inbox, to see what day-to-day life is like for the protagonist of the edgy new Prisoner of Azkaban. |
| 283771 | Tony Toscano | Talking Pictures (U.S.) | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2004-06-09T17:17:03.000Z | 2004-06-09 17:17:03 | ...no matter what I say you're still probably going to see it anyway. |
| 283772 | Larry Ratliff | San Antonio Express-News | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2004-06-09T16:23:33.000Z | 2004-06-09 16:23:33 | Cuarn ... uses his enchanting vision to send Rowling's third installment down its dark, wondrous, often captivating road in grand style and with a generally steady pace. |
| 283773 | Ken Hanke | Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2004-06-09T13:25:14.000Z | 2004-06-09 13:25:14 | A Harry Potter picture that flirts with -- and possibly even achieves -- greatness. |
| 283774 | Mark Ramsey | MovieJuice! | Fresh | B- | 2004-06-09T08:43:28.000Z | 2004-06-09 08:43:28 | Harry is confronted by the Dementors, ghastly prison guards who feed on every good feeling, every happy memory, and every repeat showing of The Shawshank Redemption on TNT. |
| 283775 | Marty Mapes | Movie Habit | Fresh | 3/4 | 2004-06-09T08:15:46.000Z | 2004-06-09 08:15:46 | The most magical thing is how much older and bigger our young movie stars are |
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