Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Reviews

It's a fight to the death, as good and evil whip out their wands and cross swords amid the ruins of what used to be the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

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

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

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

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Ending the light fantastic

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 70/100

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

Full Review | Original Score: 8.1/10

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

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

Full Review | Original Score: A

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

It makes a fitting conclusion to a series that most of the film-going public has been following for over a decade.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

Even contrarians for whom the incredibly popular series has been an uneven road will admit that in this final stop, a team of talented filmmakers have saved their best for last.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

An emotional, have-a-hanky-handy experience for many viewers as characters they've come to know, love and care about make their collective exit.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Back in the first movie, Mr. Ollivander told a young Harry that we should expect great things from him. With the cinematic conclusion ten years later, he's been proven right.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4