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Like many children I've met, director Chris Columbus seems never to have heard the word no.
Represents a lost opportunity to give children, not to mention adults, a movie experience that would widen their eyes as the justly beloved Rowling books did.
In all fairness, I must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed, fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks.
Most viewers, especially the younger ones, will reap its joys.
Just as there is more magic conjured up in Chamber of Secrets the book, Chamber of Secrets the movie weaves a more powerful spell over its audience.
Possibly second only to Goblet of Fire of all the Potter films to date, Chamber of Secrets should please fans and muggles alike.
Those who adore the books may bemoan the flat emotional landscape of the films, which are less easy to engage with. Fans of the first film will be suitably entertained.
Scary spiders, impressive effects and a barnstorming Branagh add pizzazz to Potter.
Action- and creature-packed Potter sequel.
Once more the Potter fantasies provide a multitude of enchantments.... (Blu-ray Ultimate Edition)
Everything about The Sorcerer's Stone pretty much applies to the adaptation of the second novel in the series.
Allow yourself the luxury of discovering this enchanted world for yourself.
The exciting second chapter in the Harry Potter chronicle that in many ways surpasses the original.
Though these films are trifles, they are at least high quality trifles.
The franchise is safe! Columbus' second alchemical movie ups the thrill quotient to satisfy the faithful. There's more action, and it's scarier.
May just be the most quintessential Steven Spielberg movie Steven Spielberg never made.
This second effort is even better than the first go around.
It's good enough that I might just start taking an interest in the books after all.
Back is Chris Columbus, whose direction this time around has a purposely darker, more ominous look.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, satisfies as a film adaptation, but it doesn't cast as enchanting a spell as the first movie.
The second film to spring forth from J.K. Rowling's popular series of children's books goes a long way towards amping up the dramatic tension promised by the source material.
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