I can't say I'm holding out for the sequels. Robbie Coltrane's indiscreet Hagrid steals the show, but the fine cast of British actors are fun to have around the special effects are clever, the sets are impressive – and the whole thing has the feel of a very careful, very respectful, and meticulously programmed enterprise. Rowling enjoyed a great deal of control over the picture, which is certainly very different from the earlier work of middle-of-the-road Chris Columbus.

I haven't read the books, but I'm assured this is a very faithful adaptation and that J.K. Harry, Daniel Radcliffe, is the epitome of the well-behaved boy who was destined to become school captain, while the nasty Draco Malfoy, Tom Felton, is obviously a little fascist in the making – probably a future cabinet minister. In that august establishment, Harry befriends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and finds himself fighting an evil, dark wizard who wants to steal the life-giving philosopher's stone.Īs one who endured an English boarding school as a child, with its dubious traditions, its rivalry between houses, its communal dining and venerable headmaster, I found much of Harry Potter all too familiar: Professor Snape, played with sardonic malevolence by Alan Rickman, reminded me a lot of my old maths master.

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