Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

4.50
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    2001

    Synopsis

    Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.

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    Cast

    • Daniel RadcliffeHarry Potter
    • Rupert GrintRon Weasley
    • Emma WatsonHermione Granger
    • Richard HarrisAlbus Dumbledore
    • Tom FeltonDraco Malfoy
    • Alan RickmanSeverus Snape
    • Robbie ColtraneRubeus Hagrid
    • Maggie SmithMinerva McGonagall
    • Richard GriffithsVernon Dursley
    • Ian HartQuirinus Quirrell

    Recommendations

    • 91

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      It's eye-filling, well-cast, often very funny and executed with great imagination and flair.
    • 88

      New York Daily News

      If the movie doesn't ultimately transport us to places The Wizard of Oz once took us, that may be partly because "The Sorcerer's Stone" is just the first chapter, with more magic waiting to be parceled out in the coming years.
    • 80

      Washington Post

      Retains (and in many cases, boosts) as much of the spirit [of the book] as you could reasonably expect. And it makes a worthy attempt to duplicate Rowling's engaging sense of humor.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      That sense of déjà vu is at once this Harry Potter's balm and its limitation: many charms, but few surprises.
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      Does it immerse the uninitiated into a new, fabulous world? Yes. To the book's many readers, does this feel like the real "Harry Potter"? For the most part, yes.
    • 75

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Absolutely the best single moment, beautifully presented, comes when the orphaned Harry looks in a mirror and sees his parents there. It is brilliant in its simplicity and very moving.
    • 70

      Newsweek

      Columbus's Harry Potter has many delights, but the magical alchemy that the book seemed to achieve so effortlessly eludes it.
    • 60

      Village Voice

      There's a palpable avoidance of risk as this new mythology is wheeled gingerly into the marketplace and carefully positioned to zap your pre-sold brain...Solid but uninspired, Harry lacks brio. It's respectable and a bit dull.

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