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Movie ID: 1436
RT slug: harry_potter_and_the_order_of_the_phoenix
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_order_of_the_phoenix
Release year: 2007
Runtime: 138 mins
Wide release date: 2007-07-11
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2009-12-15
Tomatometer final: 78%
Audience score final: 81%
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: David Yates
Writers: Michael Goldenberg
Producers: David Barron, David Heyman, Lorne Orleans
MPAA rating: PG-13
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-09-30 21:05:12
Updated: 2026-09-30 21:05:12
Now in his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry learns that many in the wizarding community do not know the truth of his encounter with Lord Voldemort. Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic, appoints his toady, Dolores Umbridge, as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, for he fears that professor Dumbledore will take his job. But her teaching is deficient and her methods, cruel, so Harry prepares a group of students to defend the school against a rising tide of evil.
It's not easy to take the longest Harry Potter book and streamline it into the shortest HP movie, but director David Yates does a bang up job of it, creating an Order of the Phoenix that's entertaining and action-packed.
Canonical reviews: 257
Canonical fresh: 200
Canonical rotten: 57
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 257 (200/57), 78% (77.821% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-09-29 18:30:07
Snapshot Tomatometer: 78%
Snapshot review count: 257
Snapshot fresh count: 200
Snapshot rotten count: 57
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #4216 (full_snapshot)
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| 2 | Rupert Grint | Ron Weasley |
| 3 | Emma Watson | Hermione Granger |
| 4 | Helena Bonham Carter | Bellatrix Lestrange |
| 5 | Robbie Coltrane | Hagrid |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283419 | Justin Brown | Medium Popcorn | Rotten | 2/5 | 2025-04-02T18:13:30.000Z | 2025-04-02 18:13:30 | I found this incredibly redundant and the pacing was painfully slow at times. I wish this was more visually enthralling. |
| 283420 | Brandon Collins | Medium Popcorn | Fresh | 3/5 | 2025-04-02T18:12:38.000Z | 2025-04-02 18:12:38 | The CGI doesn't hold up well but the performances of Rickman and Staunton are great. It's one of the better Harry Potter films. |
| 283421 | Rachel LaBonte | Screen Rant | Fresh | 4/5 | 2024-09-13T21:07:43.000Z | 2024-09-13 21:07:43 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a great example of some of the series' strongest elements, especially its cast and visual effects. |
| 283422 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-12-22T19:40:53.000Z | 2021-12-22 19:40:53 | ...slick and briskly-paced... |
| 283423 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Rotten | 4/10 | 2020-11-24T07:11:35.000Z | 2020-11-24 07:11:35 | Clearly serving as an overly dependent middle section of the franchise, this is one of the more forgettable installments. |
| 283424 | Leigh Paatsch | Herald Sun (Australia) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-11-17T13:30:37.000Z | 2020-11-17 13:30:37 | The fifth Potter picture is one of the lesser entries in the series: way too rushed, and a mite too dour. |
| 283426 | Juan Luis Caviaro | Espinof | Fresh | — | 2019-11-30T17:50:31.000Z | 2019-11-30 17:50:31 | The film is more than satisfactory for fans of the series, but can't quite conjure up much else besides stunning visuals. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 283425 | Sergi Sánchez | Fotogramas | Fresh | 3/5 | 2019-11-30T17:50:31.000Z | 2019-11-30 17:50:31 | A worthy sequel, but lacks surprises. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 283427 | Virginia Montes | Sensacine | Fresh | 3/5 | 2019-11-30T17:40:23.000Z | 2019-11-30 17:40:23 | Despite lacking charisma, David Yates still manages to convey a dark epic feel to the affair. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 283428 | Micheal Compton | Bowling Green Daily News | Rotten | — | 2019-11-21T20:53:14.000Z | 2019-11-21 20:53:14 | 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 detail and short of all the magic and charm that made this such a successful series. |
| 283429 | Debbie Lynn Elias | Behind The Lens | Fresh | — | 2019-11-13T22:14:41.000Z | 2019-11-13 22:14:41 | Good, but not quite great, Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix does not wear out its welcome, keeps the franchise intact, entertains and enthralls, and leaves us looking toward the future and the ultimate battle between Harry and Voldemort. |
| 283430 | Guillem Martinez Oya | Cinematismo | Fresh | 4/5 | 2019-07-11T07:30:22.000Z | 2019-07-11 07:30:22 | 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] |
| 283431 | Ellie Lucas | The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2019-06-06T04:06:07.000Z | 2019-06-06 04:06:07 | The most character-driven, dialogue-centric and politically astute Potter film yet. |
| 283432 | Rachel Wagner | rachelsreviews.net | Fresh | A+ | 2019-04-04T00:23:17.000Z | 2019-04-04 00:23:17 | My new favorite of the series. I know that is unusual but this is the leanest storytelling in my opinion. |
| 283433 | Kaleem Aftab | The List | Rotten | 1/5 | 2018-11-03T23:17:13.000Z | 2018-11-03 23:17:13 | The enjoyable moments nearly all occur when Potter newcomer Imelda Staunton, playing the latest 'Defence Against the Dark Arts' is on-screen. Alas, Yates' obsession with exposition over action is this dreary, utilitarian film's real undoing. |
| 283434 | Deborah Ross | The Spectator | Rotten | — | 2018-08-23T00:36:58.000Z | 2018-08-23 00:36:58 | 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. Danger, baddie, magic. Danger, baddie, magic. It's as tired as it is tiresome. |
| 283435 | Jeremy Jahns | JeremyJahns.com | Rotten | — | 2018-01-25T01:32:29.000Z | 2018-01-25 01:32:29 | It feels like the slowest of Harry Potter movies...a great character dies, but he wasn't really utilized well, so you don't feel what you should...Order and the Phoenix is enjoyable and has its place, but it's my least favorite. |
| 283436 | Rob Vaux | Cinema-stache | Fresh | — | 2017-02-28T15:33:14.000Z | 2017-02-28 15:33:14 | Author J.K. Rowling clearly knew a totalitarian regime when she saw one, and never hesitated to call out the toadies and enablers along with her big baddie. |
| 283437 | Giovanni Fazio | Japan Times | Fresh | 4/5 | 2016-06-15T14:07:42.000Z | 2016-06-15 14:07:42 | This film does so many things right, it's hard to say what to single out for praise. |
| 283438 | Bruce Diones | The New Yorker | Fresh | — | 2013-11-26T19:59:34.000Z | 2013-11-26 19:59:34 | By focussing the story on Harry (a leaner and slightly meaner Daniel Radcliffe) and his exploits, Yates dispenses with many of the novel's subplots and is able to push the story forward, ominously foreshadowing the dark times to come. |
| 283439 | Leah Rozen | People Magazine | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2013-11-26T19:56:54.000Z | 2013-11-26 19:56:54 | The older these kids get, the darker and more engrossing the Harry Potter movies become. |
| 283440 | Jeff Meyers | Metro Times (Detroit, MI) | Fresh | A- | 2013-11-26T19:23:50.000Z | 2013-11-26 19:23:50 | It's 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 powerlessness. |
| 283441 | Steve Heisler | Time Out Chicago | Fresh | 4/5 | 2012-12-07T17:38:31.000Z | 2012-12-07 17:38:31 | Yates leaps into big-budget cinema like a kid in a candy store, packing in nearly every compelling image from the 870-page source material. |
| 283442 | Wally Hammond | Time Out | Fresh | 4/5 | 2011-11-17T05:16:02.000Z | 2011-11-17 05:16:02 | Performances are more mature, the soundtrack (by Nicholas Hooper) less grandiose, and Yates executes some thrilling set-pieces. |
| 283443 | Joshua Starnes | ComingSoon.net | Fresh | 7/10 | 2011-03-22T16:10:34.000Z | 2011-03-22 16:10:34 | Harry's got quite a lot on his plate this time around and that's both the strength and weakness of Order of the Phoenix. |
| 283444 | John Lekich | Georgia Straight | Rotten | — | 2010-07-06T19:38:02.000Z | 2010-07-06 19:38:02 | Even at a running time of two hours and 18 minutes, it's all pretty thin stuff. |
| 283445 | Luis Martínez | Cinenganos | Fresh | 3/5 | 2010-03-11T23:07:07.000Z | 2010-03-11 23:07:07 | Además de la afortunada dirección, el que este episodio tuviera un buen resultado, era de esperarse. Con un presupuesto elevado, la mayor parte del elenco repitiendo y el talento histriónico de Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Ca |
| 283446 | Fernando F. Croce | CinePassion | Rotten | — | 2009-08-27T20:02:00.000Z | 2009-08-27 20:02:00 | The director, Peter Yates, pastes on the chiaroscuro, but under it is the summer-camp flatness that's always been the franchise's trademark |
| 283447 | Michael Atkinson | Boston Phoenix | Rotten | 2/4 | 2009-04-23T03:16:12.000Z | 2009-04-23 03:16:12 | The franchise staff (ostensibly led by Brit-TV director David Yates) dive right in, smooshing Rowling's biggest book into the shortest film and treating the rich subtext -- as well as much of the text -- as dispensable. |
| 283448 | Heather Huntington | ReelzChannel.com | Fresh | 7/10 | 2008-08-23T23:09:41.000Z | 2008-08-23 23:09:41 | Whether you will enjoy Order of the Phoenix relies, I suspect, largely on whether or not you are a Harry Potter fan to begin with. |
| 283449 | Adam Tobias | Watertown Daily Times | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2008-07-23T15:26:30.000Z | 2008-07-23 15:26:30 | The Harry Potter movies that are based on J.K. Rowling's novels have gotten progressively darker with each entry, and Order of the Phoenix may quite possibly be the darkest one yet. |
| 283450 | Steve Biodrowski | ESplatter | Rotten | — | 2008-07-11T16:45:22.000Z | 2008-07-11 16:45:22 | With the supremely evil Valdemort having put in an appearance at the end of the previous film, you might think it would be time to circle the wagons and start planning some defensive strategies ... but you would be wrong. |
| 283451 | Jeff Bayer | The Scorecard Review | Fresh | 6/10 | 2008-03-03T14:27:54.000Z | 2008-03-03 14:27:54 | There's a nagging feeling of dad trying to rush the family on a vacation. If you hurry this much, you're bound to miss something and that keeps the Potter films away from greatness. |
| 283452 | Brandon Fibbs | Colorado Springs Gazette | Fresh | 6/10 | 2008-02-28T09:27:20.000Z | 2008-02-28 09:27:20 | Though it may be blasphemous to say so, this is one movie that is superior to the book. |
| 283453 | Garth Franklin | Dark Horizons | Fresh | — | 2008-01-15T03:15:31.000Z | 2008-01-15 03:15:31 | The longest and weakest of the Potter novels becomes one of the better film adaptations of the series. |
| 283454 | Kevin A. Ranson | MovieCrypt.com | Fresh | 3.0/4.0 | 2008-01-10T13:32:21.000Z | 2008-01-10 13:32:21 | 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. |
| 283455 | John J. Puccio | Movie Metropolis | Fresh | 6/10 | 2007-11-27T00:11:11.000Z | 2007-11-27 00:11:11 | ...not much of a stand-alone picture but, rather, a transition from one major story strand to the next. |
| 283456 | Prairie Miller | NewsBlaze | Fresh | — | 2007-11-25T06:33:41.000Z | 2007-11-25 06:33:41 | Possibly more Dirty Harry than the usual beloved kid bestseller bespectacled wonder wizard, as a dark side kicks in and Harry's soul is on the line. |
| 283457 | Sandie Angulo Chen | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 4/5 | 2007-10-31T16:14:28.000Z | 2007-10-31 16:14:28 | Exciting fifth movie finds Harry angry, brooding. |
| 283458 | Bruce Bennett | Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | Rotten | C+ | 2007-10-22T21:39:31.000Z | 2007-10-22 21:39:31 | With a script heavy on exposition almost completely devoid of sustained action sequences, Harry's latest is long on spiel and short on spells. |
| 283459 | Joseph Proimakis | Movies for the Masses | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2007-10-14T04:13:44.000Z | 2007-10-14 04:13:44 | O kinimatografika agnostos David Yates, deyteros Bretanos skinothetis tis seiras kai me kainoyrio senariografo, bgainei san o pio diabasmenos sta biblia tis Rowling, katafernontas na ksehorisei me akribeia ta nimata ap' ta selidotoybla tis pubobias syggra |
| 283460 | Roger Tennis | Cinemaclips.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2007-09-13T20:04:08.000Z | 2007-09-13 20:04:08 | Casting a cinematic spell, "Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix" rises to the top of this season's fantasy entertainment. |
| 283461 | Tim Brayton | Antagony & Ecstasy | Fresh | 7/10 | 2007-09-12T16:26:31.000Z | 2007-09-12 16:26:31 | The good outweighs the bad by a wide margin, but just not quite enough to make this the best Harry Potter movie ever. |
| 283462 | Steve Rhodes | Internet Reviews | Fresh | 3/4 | 2007-09-01T19:42:01.000Z | 2007-09-01 19:42:01 | Definitely a much darker story than the first four, it is also richer and more compelling. (It's also the first one I really liked.) |
| 283463 | Jeffrey Overstreet | JeffreyOverstreet.com (Ghost.io) | Rotten | C | 2007-08-22T16:51:53.000Z | 2007-08-22 16:51:53 | Hogwarts instructors behave suspiciously (as usual). Kids spy on secret meetings ... break rules for the greater good (as usual). It all leads to a wizard showdown (as usual). |
| 283464 | Karina Montgomery | Cinerina | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2007-08-16T23:25:32.000Z | 2007-08-16 23:25:32 | Grossly misfired where its predecessors had so (seemingly) effortlessly gone before. I was taking the high quality of the Potter movies for granted, like a Pixar or an Aardman movie. Bring back Steve Kloves! Crucio! |
| 283465 | Cynthia Fuchs | PopMatters | Fresh | — | 2007-08-16T07:33:48.000Z | 2007-08-16 07:33:48 | Order of the Phoenix, for all its shortcomings, does make clear the sense of loss and struggle that comes with maturity. |
| 283466 | Neil Cohen | Echo Magazine | Fresh | 4/5 | 2007-08-09T23:28:52.000Z | 2007-08-09 23:28:52 | Unlike the Star Trek films, the Harry Potter films excel in their odd-numbered outings. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is lighter and quicker than "Goblet of Fire" and ten times more enjoyable. |
| 283467 | Jay Antani | Cinema Writer | Rotten | 2/4 | 2007-08-09T23:13:57.000Z | 2007-08-09 23:13:57 | an exercise in patience and loyalty to have to sit through, at least for fans of the past two films |
| 283468 | Mark R. Leeper | rec.arts.movies.reviews | Fresh | 7/10 | 2007-08-08T16:47:03.000Z | 2007-08-08 16:47:03 | Every single Potter film is magical. Now they also seem to be getting more intelligent also. |
| 283469 | Mark Sells | Oregon Herald | Fresh | 4/5 | 2007-08-06T17:22:23.000Z | 2007-08-06 17:22:23 | A constant, highly engaging entry in the Harry Potter saga. |
| 283470 | Kyle Smith | New York Post | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2007-08-05T13:07:13.000Z | 2007-08-05 13:07:13 | Brought me straight back to one of the most enduring of childhood feelings: boredom. |
| 283471 | Michael A. Smith | Nolan's Pop Culture Review | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2007-08-02T15:28:36.000Z | 2007-08-02 15:28:36 | "Look at me!," Harry screams in anger early in the film. A command I highly recommend. |
| 283472 | Jim Judy | Screen It! | Fresh | 5/10 | 2007-07-31T08:28:46.000Z | 2007-07-31 08:28:46 | Decent...but it simply lacks the spark, novelty and, dare I say, magic that made the earlier pics enjoyable and entertaining |
| 283473 | Lori Hoffman | Atlantic City Weekly | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2007-07-30T06:39:43.000Z | 2007-07-30 06:39:43 | This chapter was designed to peak our interest in what unfolds in the next installment. |
| 283474 | Eric Lurio | Greenwich Village Gazette | Fresh | 2.6/5 | 2007-07-29T09:53:13.000Z | 2007-07-29 09:53:13 | Except for Radcliff and Staunton, nobody gets more than an extended cameo. |
| 283475 | James Kendrick | Q Network Film Desk | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2007-07-28T06:04:38.000Z | 2007-07-28 06:04:38 | There is a sense of being rushed throughout the film without any real dramatic urgency; it is more like a speed-tour through the narrative's greatest hits, with each scene beginning a little too late and ending a little too early. |
| 283476 | Christopher Smith | Bangor Daily News (Maine) | Rotten | C+ | 2007-07-25T12:08:28.000Z | 2007-07-25 12:08:28 | Mostly Hogwarts. |
| 283477 | Kurt Loder | MTV | Fresh | — | 2007-07-24T12:32:46.000Z | 2007-07-24 12:32:46 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the most rousing of the Potter films so far, and certainly one of the best. |
| 283478 | Wesley Lovell | Cinema Sight | Fresh | 3/4 | 2007-07-24T08:13:49.000Z | 2007-07-24 08:13:49 | A sadly shortened version of the J.K. Rowling novel. Order of the Phoenix suffers greatly from its truncated length and absence of screenwriter Steve Kloves. |
| 283479 | Steven Horn | IGN | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2007-07-23T15:23:18.000Z | 2007-07-23 15:23:18 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is one of those rare films that exceeds the source material. |
| 283480 | Philip French | Observer (UK) | Fresh | — | 2007-07-21T06:03:51.000Z | 2007-07-21 06:03:51 | A sombre and at times curiously sober movie, handsomely designed as always, atmospherically lit and confidently performed. |
| 283481 | Janos Gereben | Entertainment Insiders | Fresh | 3/4 | 2007-07-21T06:03:49.000Z | 2007-07-21 06:03:49 | There is a lot to see, a lot to enjoy in Phoenix. |
| 283482 | Matt Brunson | Creative Loafing | Fresh | 3/4 | 2007-07-20T22:23:48.000Z | 2007-07-20 22:23:48 | Those who like their Potter black will find much to appreciate. |
| 283483 | Joshua Rothkopf | Time Out | Fresh | 4/5 | 2007-07-19T03:15:26.000Z | 2007-07-19 03:15:26 | Installment five boosts his [Harry's] rebellion to enjoyable levels of British pique. |
| 283484 | Bob Bloom | Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2007-07-17T20:00:48.000Z | 2007-07-17 20:00:48 | What is lost is the texture and richness that permeated J.K. Rowling's fifth entry in the series. ... The movie, as most films do, sacrificed narrative for action. |
| 283485 | Mark Palermo | The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | Rotten | — | 2007-07-17T19:12:13.000Z | 2007-07-17 19:12:13 | It's accomplished, but par for the course: A bloated, basically watchable light show. |
| 283486 | Enrique Buchichio | Uruguay Total | Fresh | 3/5 | 2007-07-17T13:50:33.000Z | 2007-07-17 13:50:33 | La adolescencia le sienta bien a Harry Potter y sus compañeros en esta quinta entrega de la serie, en la que hay emoción, romance, humor, fantasía, terror y extraordinarios efectos visuales. |
| 283487 | Gary Brown | Houston Community Newspapers | Fresh | 3/4 | 2007-07-17T07:47:08.000Z | 2007-07-17 07:47:08 | One thing is for certain: this is the darkest of the Potter films to date. |
| 283488 | Richard Roeper | Ebert & Roeper | Fresh | — | 2007-07-16T16:11:41.000Z | 2007-07-16 16:11:41 | We do get terrific work from the all-star British cast, and the special effects are as seamless as ever. |
| 283489 | Stephen Himes | Flak Magazine | Fresh | 7/10 | 2007-07-16T15:29:35.000Z | 2007-07-16 15:29:35 | Yates' vision for Delores Umbridge is simple: She is to leave no wizard behind. |
| 283490 | Betty Jo Tucker | ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Fresh | — | 2007-07-16T05:41:10.000Z | 2007-07-16 05:41:10 | Projecting great emotional depth, Daniel Radcliffe shows his growth as an actor in this most serious Harry Potter adventure so far. |
| 283491 | Daniel M. Kimmel | Worcester Telegram & Gazette | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2007-07-16T05:31:53.000Z | 2007-07-16 05:31:53 | ...the summer's first sequel that requires no apologies. |
| 283492 | Bob Grimm | Reno News and Review | Fresh | 3.75/5 | 2007-07-16T00:47:57.000Z | 2007-07-16 00:47:57 | The second best Harry Potter movie. |
| 283493 | Andy Klein | Los Angeles CityBeat | Fresh | — | 2007-07-15T18:54:22.000Z | 2007-07-15 18:54:22 | ... more satisfying than the last, but still not up to the gold standard of Cuaron's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. |
| 283494 | David Keyes | Cinemaphile.org | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2007-07-15T15:45:53.000Z | 2007-07-15 15:45:53 | Complex, meditative & inspired in the way it allows tug-of-war fantasy ideals to be combined with elements of human drama and political intrigue. |
| 283495 | Joe Lozito | Big Picture Big Sound | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2007-07-14T21:20:05.000Z | 2007-07-14 21:20:05 | The fifth in this unthinkably good franchise is the darkest yet and features fine work from a new writer and director, as well as a supporting cast which is nothing short of magical. |
| 283496 | Robert Roten | Laramie Movie Scope | Fresh | B | 2007-07-14T13:47:02.000Z | 2007-07-14 13:47:02 | Both slow and hurried. A lot of fine actors get little screen time, but it gets the job done. |
| 283497 | Beth Accomando | KPBS.org | Fresh | — | 2007-07-14T13:05:49.000Z | 2007-07-14 13:05:49 | Snape even gets some extended scenes... and is no longer a peripheral eccentric presence but rather he's now showing shades of coloring beyond his dour black. |
| 283499 | David Medsker | Bullz-Eye.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2007-07-14T06:04:01.000Z | 2007-07-14 06:04:01 | If this is as bad as the Potter series gets, it's a pretty good low-water mark. |
| 283498 | Steven Snyder | Zertinet Movies | Rotten | 2/4 | 2007-07-14T06:04:01.000Z | 2007-07-14 06:04:01 | For almost the entirety of Order of the Phoenix, we see much the same thing we did in Goblet of Fire. |
| 283502 | Barry Paris | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2007-07-14T06:04:00.000Z | 2007-07-14 06:04:00 | Is the magic wearing off? |
| 283501 | Jean Lowerison | San Diego Metropolitan | Rotten | — | 2007-07-14T06:04:00.000Z | 2007-07-14 06:04:00 | To a non-Potter fan like me, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix comes across as a standard action thriller and not a piece with any depth. |
| 283500 | Mel Valentin | Movie-Vault.com | Fresh | 7/10 | 2007-07-14T06:04:00.000Z | 2007-07-14 06:04:00 | — |
| 283503 | Kim Voynar | Cinematical | Fresh | 4/5 | 2007-07-13T22:16:38.000Z | 2007-07-13 22:16:38 | Though it feels a bit understated from time to time, "Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix" is a solid, enjoyable addition to the Harry Potter franchise. |
| 283504 | Joanne Kaufman | Wall Street Journal | Rotten | — | 2007-07-13T14:43:18.000Z | 2007-07-13 14:43:18 | Director David Yates, who is new to the Potter franchise, moves the story along briskly, at the expense of texture and nuance. |
| 283505 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2007-07-13T14:30:32.000Z | 2007-07-13 14:30:32 | The end may be in sight by now, but we're still not sure if it's a light at the end of this particular tunnel we see or the cold headlamp of some hell-bound train, bearing down on magic and Muggle alike. |
| 283506 | David Poland | Movie City News | Fresh | — | 2007-07-13T13:56:31.000Z | 2007-07-13 13:56:31 | It's frickin' Harry Potter. |
| 283507 | Kent Turner | Film-Forward.com | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2007-07-13T13:41:45.000Z | 2007-07-13 13:41:45 | Harry Potter fanatics will have a field day pointing out the numerous omissions from the book. |
| 283508 | John Beifuss | Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2007-07-13T12:51:57.000Z | 2007-07-13 12:51:57 | The darkest J.K. Rowling adaptation yet, literally as well as thematically: Even a zooming broomstick ride along the Thames is shot as if through a pall of gloom. |
| 283509 | Mike McGranaghan | Aisle Seat | Fresh | 3/4 | 2007-07-13T12:09:37.000Z | 2007-07-13 12:09:37 | While I definitely like the movie, I don't think Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the best film in the series because it's essentially all middle. In and of itself, the film does not really provide any kind of payoff. |
| 283510 | Laura Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Fresh | B+ | 2007-07-13T12:00:11.000Z | 2007-07-13 12:00:11 | Director David Yates, the first Brit to helm the series, invests "Order of the Phoenix" with a very sinister tone from his opening frames... |
| 283511 | Kevin Carr | 7M Pictures | Fresh | 3/5 | 2007-07-13T11:32:09.000Z | 2007-07-13 11:32:09 | this isn't as much a full chapter in the seven-part series, but rather the set-up for the last two films |
| 283512 | Steve Crum | Video-Reviewmaster.com | Fresh | C+ | 2007-07-13T11:29:56.000Z | 2007-07-13 11:29:56 | The childish fun and wonder of the early Potter movies has turned into high school fear and loathing. ...A downer of a wiz kid flick. |
| 283513 | Angela Baldassarre | Sympatico.ca | Fresh | — | 2007-07-13T11:00:14.000Z | 2007-07-13 11:00:14 | Like previous Potter installments, the danger is ever present and palpable, but now Harry is in dire need of his friends and it is intellectually refreshing to see a group of troubled youth rally together against the forces of evil. |
| 283514 | John Wirt | Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2007-07-13T10:44:52.000Z | 2007-07-13 10:44:52 | Efficiently trimmed from a nearly 900-page novel, the latest Harry Potter film adaptation is an especially absorbing entry in the series. |
| 283515 | Sean McBride | Sean the Movie Guy | Fresh | 3/4 | 2007-07-13T10:21:54.000Z | 2007-07-13 10:21:54 | I miss the youthful sense of magical discovery found in the earlier book, but love how the story has evolved into a complex drama. |
| 283516 | Tyler Hanley | Palo Alto Weekly | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2007-07-13T10:05:50.000Z | 2007-07-13 10:05:50 | Harry's cinematic leap to manhood is not unlike the wizard himself -- spellbinding. |
| 283517 | Nigel Andrews | Financial Times | Fresh | — | 2007-07-13T10:03:12.000Z | 2007-07-13 10:03:12 | A series that was in danger of becoming an adventure playground for digital trickery - "not another miraculous monster or flying thingummybob", we protest - exhibits, for once, a strong plot with a satirical edge. |
| 283518 | Jim Lane | Sacramento News & Review | Fresh | 4/5 | 2007-07-13T09:52:43.000Z | 2007-07-13 09:52:43 | Yates paces the film at a clip that makes this, the shortest in the series so far, seem even shorter. |
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