Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 222
Fresh: 195 | Rotten: 27
The main characters are maturing, and the filmmakers are likewise improving on their craft; vibrant special effects and assured performances add up to what is the most complex yet of the Harry Potter films.
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 5
The main characters are maturing, and the filmmakers are likewise improving on their craft; vibrant special effects and assured performances add up to what is the most complex yet of the Harry Potter films.
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Directed by Mike Newell, the fourth installment to the Harry Potter series finds Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) wondering why his legendary scar -- the famous result of a death curse gone wrong -- is aching in pain, and perhaps even causing mysterious visions. Before he can think too much about it, however, Harry boards the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical education. Shortly after his reunion with his best friends, Ron (Rupert Grint)
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Cast
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Daniel Radcliffe
Harry Potter -
Rupert Grint
Ron Weasley -
Emma Watson
Hermione Granger -
Robbie Coltrane
Rubeus Hagrid -
Ralph Fiennes
Lord Voldemort -
Michael Gambon
Albus Dumbledore -
Brendan Gleeson
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody -
Jason Isaacs
Lucius Malfoy -
Gary Oldman
Sirius Black -
Alan Rickman
Professor Severus Snape -
Robert Pattinson
Cedric Diggory -
Maggie Smith
Minerva McGonagall -
Clémence Poésy
Fleur Delacour -
Frances De La Tour
Madame Maxime -
Timothy Spall
Wormtail -
Miranda Richardson
Rita Skeeter -
Stanislav Ianevski
Viktor Krum -
Sheila Allen
Ministry Witch -
Warwick Davis
Filius Flitwick -
Robert Hardy
Cornelius Fudge -
Matthew Lewis
Neville Longbottom -
Margery Mason
Food Trolley Lady -
Adrian Rawlins
James Potter -
Geraldine Somerville
Lily Potter -
David Sterne
Ministry Wizard -
Eric Sykes
Frank Bryce -
Alan Watts
Assistant Judge -
Christopher Whittingham
Ministry Wizard -
Jeff Rawle
Amos Diggory -
Shirley Henderson
Moaning Myrtle -
Roger Lloyd Pack
Barty Crouch -
Tom Felton
Draco Malfoy -
David Bradley
Argus Filch -
Mark Williams
Arthur Weasley -
David Tennant
Barty Crouch Junior -
Ashley Artus
Death Eater -
Steve Mackey
Band Bass Guitar -
Robert Wilfort
Photographer -
Pedja Bjelac
Igor Karkaroff -
Alex Palmer
Death Eater -
Bonnie Wright
Ginny Weasley -
Jarvis Cocker
Band Lead Singer -
Jonny Greenwood
Band Lead Guitar -
Alfie Enoch
Dean Thomas -
Joshua Herdman
Gregory Goyle -
Devon Murray
Seamus Finnigan -
Jamie Waylett
Vincent Crabbe -
Oliver Phelps
George Weasley -
James Phelps
Freed Weasley -
Angelica Mandy
Gabrielle Delacour -
William Melling
Nigel -
Campbell Graham
Ministry Wizard -
Philip Rham
Death Eater -
Olivia Higginbottom
Death Eater -
Paschal Friel
Death Eater -
Richard "Rubber Ritchie" ...
Death Eater -
Su Elliot
Ministry Witch -
Ann Lacy
Ministry Witch -
Flip Webster
Ministry Witch -
Liam McKenna
Ministry Wizard -
Katie Leung
Cho Chang -
Afshan Azad
Padma Patil -
Shefali Chowdhury
Parvati Patil -
Tolga Safer
Karkaroff's Aide -
Louis Doyle
Ernie MacMillan -
Charlotte Skeoch
Hannah Abbott -
Tiana Benjamin
Angelina Johnson -
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Roger Davies -
Philip Selway
Band Drums -
Jason Buckle
Band Rhythm Guitar -
Steve Claydon
Band Keyboards -
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All Critics (222) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (203) | Rotten (27) | DVD (36)
A marked disappointment after Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, this fourth installment in the franchise is a 157-minute holding pattern.
Goblet is deliciously dark, wickedly funny and superbly mounted.
Top Critic[Newell] cannot do much about the slightly tired sadism that is creeping into the cracks of the Potter franchise.
The special effects are first rate but I think it's always going to be about the characters. And they're great characters.
It's always a treat to see what big-studio-franchise cash can produce in the way of top-flight British (and Irish) actors.
Screenwriter Kloves deserves a tip of the wizard's hat for cutting Rowling's immense tome (636 pages) down to size, and for keeping the story moving despite a surfeit of characters and incidents.
Wait a minute. Sequels aren't supposed to get better.
A huge cast, plenty of special effects and Harry gets a battering -- pretty much as you'd expect.
The Goblet of Fire is a more mature story and its young stars prove they have the acting skills to grow with their characters.
Easily the best Harry Potter film so far.
The story is engrossing, but Mike Newell's adaption is a little too dull and by-the-numbers following Alfonso Cuaron's visual tour-de-force.
Chapter four in the boy-wizard franchise, and still no good scenes, interesting characters, or true imagination
Followers of the series will find a more mature Harry and a more mature style, less sugary but not actually drier than the previous films.
A solid but mostly uninspired melding of the adventure and fright that have been the benchmarks of the franchise.
Excellent, but the PG-13 is accurate.
Like a fine wine, Harry Potter continues to improve with age as each succeeding film version of Rowling's books seemingly surpasses the last.
...among best fantasy adventures of the past few years. (Blu-ray Ultimate Edition)
Finally we're seeing Harry (the character and the series) grow up.
The action in Goblet of Fire is more exciting and faster-paced than in previous Potter films, and visually, it is by far the most splendid.
This new story starts off as just another adventure, more or less, but by the end, the situation faced by its protagonists has become much darker, and much more dire.
Never feels anything other than a single thread of a larger narrative.
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The grim tone feels overwrought but, in [Mike] Newell's hands, and in those of his cast and screenwriter's, the movie remains dramatically solid
Audience Reviews for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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For his 4th year at Hogwarts, Harry finds himself unwillingly entered into the Tri-Wizards Tournament: a lauded, but quite dangerous competition between Hogwarts and two other European wizarding schools. Not only that, but he's also got to deal with his increasing hormones, as well as the fact that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (aka Lord Voldemort) is potentially making a comeback.
Having read the book, and enjoying it very much, I need to say that this film really isn't that stellar of an adaptation. Granted, the book is like 734 pages, and this film runs 157 minutes (with credits, so of course much trimming is needed. But I suppose that where the film fails to include all the little details (including many subplots and a few characters), it does decently where getting the broad strokes of the story are concerned, even though it did seem a tad bewildering and choppy at times. All in all though, it gets the point across, even if they could have done a slightly better job translation the page to the screen.
The principle cast have returned, and they have gotten quite a firm grasp on the characters. The teenage performers are admittedly somewhat awkward, but it works in their favor as they and their characters are going through puberty, making the awkwardness a little more understandable. Welcome additions to the cast include Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort, Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory- one of the competitors in the tournament, and a wonderfully scene stealing turn from Brendan Gleeson as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, complete with false leg and a neat trick eye. Pattinson is actually pretty decent, and far more interesting here than in his later role in the Twilight series. Gleeson is a ham, and, while it is a deliciously fun performance, I think even more so in that regard would be the brief appearances by Miranda Richardson and David Tennant. Unfortunately, Oldman gets reduced to a far too brief cameo, and that's one of the few changes that actually really bugged me legitimately.
The seeds of darkness were sowed with the previous entry, but they really start to bloom here, giving a foreshadowing of what is to come. As a result of the increasing dark subject matter, this became the first, though certainly not last, entry to get a PG-13 rating. There's still some whimsy and light hearted moments in places, but not as many as in the book.
There's some great set pieces, strong effects, and some great cinematography here. This is some really stunning stuff, and I just love all that is done to really make this world come alive. John Williams is absent as composer, but what we get is still good, and it does provide a nice variation on Williams's theme.
Overall, a flawed, but still really good film.
Super Reviewer
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- Cedric Diggory: Dragons. They kill you know?
- Harry Potter: What?
- Cedric Diggory: Oh, don't worry, they only breath fire.
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- Lord Voldemort: Welcome, my friends. Thirteen years it's been, and yet, here you stand as if it were only yesterday. I confess myself disappointed. Not one of you tried to find me. Crabbe! Macnair! Goyle! Not even you, Lucius.
- Lucius Malfoy: My Lord, had I detected any sign, a whisper of your whereabouts.
- Lord Voldemort: Oh there were signs, my slippery friend, and more than whispers.
- Lucius Malfoy: I assure you, my Lord, I have never renounced the old ways. The face I have been obliged to present since your absence. That is my true mask.
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- Minerva McGonagall: What are you doing?
- Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody: Just teaching.
- Minerva McGonagall: Wait. Is that a student?
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- Ron Weasley: What the bloody hell was that?
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- Harry Potter: Dragons. That's our first task.
- Cedric Diggory: Are you serious?
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- Hermione Granger: You better see Hagrid.
- Harry Potter: Well you can tell-
- Hermione Granger: I'm not an owl!
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