I'm glad I read the reviews. They prepared me for what was MISSING from the film. However, I did enjoy it and came out satisfied.

Jan, Toronto, Canada

Fantastic keep Yates and Goldenberg on the goblet of fire was a mess come on u need people like yates and goldenberg for the last two they r fantastic

will, adelaide, south australia

Having read the book I absolutely loved this film. Radcliffe's acting skills were amazing and the scenery and set wonderful. It was a pleasure to watch. It would be rather difficult to follow if you had not read the books,and a few important areas were skipped, but that surely is to be expected: if they were all included everyone would be complaining about the length! Harry Potter is great!!! can't wait for the book.

helen warren, Oxford, UK

What a disappointment. While the acting was spot on, the script was obviously "Swiss-cheesed" -- lots of holes. We walked out of the theater saying, "Soooo...that was it??? That was what we had been waiting for????"

Yes, it was dark and it was supposed to be, but even in previous films within the darkness there have been some lighthearted scenes. Where's the "house cleaning" at the Order? The Fred-George swamp Filch pays homage to? Peeves giving Umbridge a run for her money?

Props to the actors, however, especially Radcliffe. But the script writer should be force-fed puking pastilles.

J., Allentown, Pennsylvania / US

This was the best potter movie yet, because it wasn't scared to fully express the darker themes and emotions of the books. I think the movie did definately include details only book-readers would understand, but they don't at all detract from the movie; those little thing are really just for the fans to get. I think the screenwritier, Michael Goldenberg, did an amazing job adapting this monster of a book into a movie. The book has a good plot, but its buried in all of the details appreciated by fans like quidditch, St. Mungo's, and rita skeeter; these details are not necessary to the plot. Personally I thought some more could have been excluded from the film, but the filmakers creatively were able to implement creatures like Grawp, and Kreecher into the plot. In a nut shell, if you prefer good movies over verbatim copies of the book then you will love this film. J.K. herself wanted the filmakers to take all liberties to make the best movie, and approves the exclusions.

Nicolas Smallwood, New Orleans, Louisiana

The movie was terrible. so many things were drastically changed or left out completly. Cho Chang wasnst supposed 2 be the one to rat out the D.A., Ron and Hermione were supposed 2 be prefects, Fred, George, and Harry were supposed to have thier brooms confiscated and leave with a more dramatic exit. Umbridge was supposed to attempt 2 kick out hagrid and McGonagall was to have taken 4 stunners 2 the chest and be in St Mungos when Harry wanted 2 go to the Misistry. There are many other improtant details that should have been addeed, not only to make this movie better, but to help people understand the things that will be in the movies to come. In result of this crappy movie, the rest of the movies will besignificantly altered. I cannot belive that JK Rowling actually let you botch her movie/book like this. I suggest that David Yates be fired and a better director should be hired. I understand that not every little detail can be included but the movie could have been 10 times better.

Ashley, Elmsford, New York

I found 5th installment of Harry Potter to be terribly boring and horribly missing some of the key elements of the story. The portrayal of Dumbledore as a scared, angry man detroys the dynamic in the story. The big battle between Voldemort and Dumbledore so well crafted by Rowling is shredded to bits by the film. The confidence and sheer power that is Dumbledore is thrashed. I felt no fear when Voldemort arrives at the Ministry. If I were Harry I would not have been terrified and when Dumbledore shows up, I expected a cheer to rise in the theatre. Instead I got the sense of: "Dumbledore's herem, yawn". I also did not get the sense that Voldemort feared Dumbledore in the least but instead that Dumbledore feared Voldemort. The real tragedy is how the movie glazes over the lose of Serius. On the good side, Umbridge is played brilliantly capturing the feeling of the character extremely well. Gabon is a good acter aching for good direction and a decent screenplay

Mike O, Manassas, Virginia

great film, obviously not as good as the book, naturally. Definately an improvement from goblet of fire, however.

CANT WAIT FOR THE BOOK!

still a great movie

Anita Dhesi, Southampton, UK

Read the book and then.....
See the film and then ....read the book again.
Unless they were going to make the film 4 hours long (fine by me) they have done a super job.
To see the special effects only enhances the book.

Andrew, New York, NY

I've enjoyed every Potter Film without any tangible complaint until this screen adaptation of the longest and perhaps richest book of the series. I didn't dislike what I saw, but rather I am left feeling disappointed and hoping that Yates and Goldenburg are dropped before they plow through the next installment and leave us with another average adaptaion. Overall, the film felt as though its scenes were slotted in one after the other with little to bridge them together but the viewers knowledge of the book. The acting performances in this film were excellent but suffered because they were sandwiched into a claustrophobic screenplay - The film takes a rich unforgettable experience, and makes it a forgettable watered down paint by numbers script/screenplay with a connect the dots directional approach... Sack Yates and Goldenburg before they muck up the next installment, Please !

James, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Bad writer plus bad script equals one VERY BAD MOVIE. At least Steve Kloves wrote understandable scripts. I want my money back for having to watch this dark, nonsensical, messy, and incomprehensible series of short, unrelated, and boring scenes, thank you so very, very much.

jay, austin, texas

In my opinion, the best Potter movie so far! Amazing visual and sound efects, especilly the ones used for the battle scenes! The artists were, once again, spectacular.
Also, as a reader and great fan of the book series, I must say that this movie, as the previous ones, lacked parts of greatest importance from the book!!

Bernardo Carnevale, Rio de Janeiro,

Great movie.
Kinda bad review.
great and emotional scenes.
very much enjoyed.

Maria, Grand Rapids, Michigan/ United Sates

Agreed. Daniel Radcliffe looks much more comfortable with the part and the hoo-hah of "being" Harry Potter this time round. it's a shame the emotional bits are passed over, especially following the last battle, but that's what happens with cutting down such a vast doorstop. The girl playing Luna Lovegood is wonderful, but really: Helena Bonham-Carter's Bellatrix Lestrange is about as chillingly frightening as Barbara Windsor after one too many sherries.

Cable, London, UK

I was extremely depressed by the way this movie turned out. I, being one who read and appreciated the story in the book, was forced to compare it constantlyto the movie. The movie lacked significant parts of the book, parts that do end up in later texts, such as Siruis' two-way mirror. I cannot view this movie as a good movie, without a book, because it randomly inserted parts of the book, expecting the viewers to have read it. I am disappointed by the screenwriters lack of adaptive ability and the serious neglect of the director and producers to get the best story from a screenplay.

Alexandria, Ripley,

is fanastic a good there will no film like it and IS A 4 STAR IT SHOULD BE A 5 STAR is sounds that is the best film in the world and when it comes out on cinems am watching it and when it comes out on dvd am going pay 2 of them the makes should be really happy with it HARRY POTTER is the best of the film

daniel currran, blackpool, blackpool

You cannot make a good movie from a badly written script. JK Rowling should pay Steven Kloves to write the rest of these movies from now on, hint, hint!

jay, austin, texas