Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 141m
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Griffiths, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall
Synopsis:
Harry in his third year at Hogwarts has to contend with Dementors who are out to reclaim the soul of Sirius Black, a convicted murderer recently escaped from the wizards' prison. He also learns more about the fate that befell his parents and is presented with an opportunity to avenge them.
Review:
The cast is legion and the set pieces (a helter skelter race through London on a shape-shifting bus, and a journey back in time) are great, but there seems to be an awful lot of running around in search of a story that makes some kind of sense to the lay viewer. All to avoid revealing too much too soon, one suspects.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 141m
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Griffiths, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall
Synopsis:
Harry in his third year at Hogwarts has to contend with Dementors who are out to reclaim the soul of Sirius Black, a convicted murderer recently escaped from the wizards' prison. He also learns more about the fate that befell his parents and is presented with an opportunity to avenge them.
Review:
The cast is legion and the set pieces (a helter skelter race through London on a shape-shifting bus, and a journey back in time) are great, but there seems to be an awful lot of running around in search of a story that makes some kind of sense to the lay viewer. All to avoid revealing too much too soon, one suspects.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 141m
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Griffiths, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall
Synopsis:
Harry in his third year at Hogwarts has to contend with Dementors who are out to reclaim the soul of Sirius Black, a convicted murderer recently escaped from the wizards' prison. He also learns more about the fate that befell his parents and is presented with an opportunity to avenge them.
Review:
The cast is legion and the set pieces (a helter skelter race through London on a shape-shifting bus, and a journey back in time) are great, but there seems to be an awful lot of running around in search of a story that makes some kind of sense to the lay viewer. All to avoid revealing too much too soon, one suspects.