Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
82 %
Reviews Counted: 198 Fresh: 162 Rotten:36 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Consensus:
Darker and livelier than the first Harry Potter, but much of what's wrong with the first movie is also present here.
Runtime: 2 hrs 41 mins
Theatrical Release: Nov 15, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $261,835,892
Synopsis: Harry Potter (DANIEL RADCLIFFE) has not had a good summer. Not only has he had to put up with his overbearing Aunt Petunia (FIONA SHAW) and Uncle Vernon Dursley (RICHARD GRIFFITHS) and their dread of his magical abilities, but it seems as if Harry’s best friends Ron Weasley (RUPERT GRINT) and... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Kenneth Branagh
Director: Chris Columbus
Screenwriter: Steve Kloves
Producer: David Heyman
Composer: John Williams, William Ross
Screenwriter: Steve Kloves
Producer: David Heyman
Composer: John Williams, William Ross
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Reviews
The exciting second chapter in the Harry Potter chronicle that in many ways surpasses the original.
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07/24/07
The franchise is safe! Columbus' second alchemical movie ups the thrill quotient to satisfy the faithful. There's more action, and it's scarier.
02/09/06
May just be the most quintessential Steven Spielberg movie Steven Spielberg never made.
12/06/05
It's good enough that I might just start taking an interest in the books after all.
12/06/04
Back is Chris Columbus, whose direction this time around has a purposely darker, more ominous look.
10/15/04
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.
06/22/04
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.
02/01/04
It’s a depressing reality to face, but the second of J.K. Rowling’s boy-wizard books was the least interesting read... and hasn’t fared much better on film.
10/07/03
The franchise is showing no fear at exploring the novels’ darker moments, but needs to judiciously pare down the time it takes for the lights to come up.
06/26/03
Director Chris Columbus and company have done a stand-out job of capturing the imagination if not the detail of those books.
04/05/03
I still don't understand how J.K. Rowling could have made such obscene gobs of cash off of such a simple and overwrought premise ... I'll stick with LORD OF THE RINGS
03/18/03
Top Critic
It's fairly solid--not to mention well edited so that it certainly doesn't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark.
02/09/03
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