Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)

All Critics (278) | Top Critics (46) | Fresh (272) | Rotten (10) | DVD (10)

Fiennes and Rickman get the actorly moments they've been building toward for so long, and the film is most fun when it sticks to mechanics: roller coaster rides, battle scenes, close calls.

January 4, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Top Critic

In the 10 years since Harry's first big- screen close-up, the spell has never been broken. And we Muggles have been made better for the magic.

July 15, 2011 Full Review | Comments (35)

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Top Critic

It's a pleasant irony that, just as the first installments of Rowling's oeuvre were better suited to page than screen, the final installments have reversed the relationship.

July 15, 2011 Full Review | Comments (38)

Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

Top Critic

When the movie was over, a young boy sitting behind me said, "That was great!" He was satisfied, and rightly so.

July 15, 2011 Full Review | Comments (33)

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

This is the way The Harry Potter saga was meant to end.

July 14, 2011 Full Review | Comments (11)

Laremy Legel

Film.com

Top Critic

Fasten your seat belts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2is an emotional roller-coaster ride.

July 14, 2011 Full Review | Comments (18)

Nancy Churnin

Dallas Morning News

Top Critic

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is a bittersweet parting for the Boy Who Lived, an excellent finale for the popular boy wizard who has captured the hearts of so many people.

March 2, 2013 Full Review

Will Chadwick

We Got This Covered

Passable, well-acted, but not one of the best films of the series.

January 13, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

The movie ... manages to be a worthy ending to what has become one of the greatest film franchises ever released.

September 25, 2012 Full Review

Matt Looker

TheShiznit.co.uk

Part 2 ends up being a worthy note for this decade-long franchise to go out on with a satisfying conclusion to bid farewell to these enduring characters.

September 19, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

What truly unifies this ten-year, eight-film saga is the sense of kinship with its lead trio of young wizards.

April 8, 2012 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Ending the light fantastic

March 2, 2012 Full Review

S. James Wegg

JWR

A wonderfully rich adaptation of the final book's last act, but the central focus on the three leads might leave some fans disappointed, especially those seeking a more thorough adaptation.

January 29, 2012 Full Review

R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

For the most part, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II picks up right where Part I, the franchise's shining beacon on a hill, leaves off.

January 13, 2012 Full Review

Gabe Leibowitz

Film and Felt

It all ends. And to be sure, it's a fitting end for the storied franchise.

January 4, 2012 Full Review | Comments (2)

Jonathan W. Hickman

Paste Magazine

Deeply moving and perfectly phrased at every turn, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 bids adieu to a little piece of history in first-class style, and a beautifully heavy heart.

January 4, 2012 Full Review

Katherine Monk

Vancouver Sun

For the most part, the final movie delivers the combination of emotional intensity and rousing battle sequences befitting the end of a phenomenon that evolved from an unexpectedly popular children's book series to an era unto itself.

January 3, 2012 Full Review

Tracie Cooper

TV Guide's Movie Guide

From any perspective-technical, emotional, storytelling-"Deathly Hallows: Part 2" is a smashing success.

December 28, 2011 Full Review

Greg Maki

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

While swept up in the desperate search for Horcruxes, Yates allows us to feel once more as though we are very much in the middle of things, but, alas, it was a trick and a false hope, because in the end...it was, irrevocably, THE END.

December 23, 2011 Full Review

Jordan Hiller

Bangitout.com

This is exactly what you would expect - a perfect and exciting ending for those who have been following the franchise. Those who couldn't care less probably stopped reading ages ago.

December 13, 2011 Full Review

Laurence Boyce

The Baltic Times

Key moments are rushed or brushed aside, in favour of keeping the focus squarely on Harry and his two besties.

December 6, 2011 Full Review

Rob Power

SFX Magazine

Whether we needed to have the book divided into two parts is open to question, but we have what we have, and it's pretty darn good. (Blu-ray Combo edition)

November 6, 2011 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

• 1. Lord Voldemort: Avada Kedavra!
  – Submitted by Lucas B (11 days ago)
• 1. Lord Voldemort: You killed Albus Dumbledore.
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• 1. Neville Longbottom: Right then, so what's the plan, Harry?
  2. Harry Potter: Okay, there's something we need to find, something hidden here in the castle, and it may help us defeat You-Know-Who.
  3. Neville Longbottom: Right, what is it?
  4. Harry Potter: We don't know.
  5. Dean Thomas: Where is it?
  6. Harry Potter: We don't know that either. I realize that's not much to go on.
  7. Seamus Finnigan: That's nothing to go on.
  – Submitted by Ximena P (5 months ago)
• 1. Harry Potter: Neville. You look...
  2. Neville Longbottom: Like hell, I reckon. This is nothing. Seamus is worse. [to Aberforth, carrying a bottle] Hey Ab, we got a couple more coming through.
  – Submitted by Ximena P (5 months ago)
• 1. Hermione Granger: [disguised as Bellatrix Lestrange, addressing a Death Eater] Good morning!
  2. Griphook: 'Good morning?' 'Good morning?' You're Bellatrix Lestrange, not some dewey-eyed schoolgirl!
  – Submitted by Ximena P (5 months ago)
• 1. Mr. Ollivander: He's after you, Mr. Potter. You really don't stand a chance.
  2. Harry Potter: I suppose I'll have to kill him before he finds me, then.
  – Submitted by Ximena P (5 months ago)