Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets


Harry and his friends are back at magic school, for their second year. Before long, unpleasant things begin happening, and some fingers are pointed in Harry's direction. So it is up to him and his mates to sort out the mystery again...
Overseas reviews have been generally favourable, saying that this offers more of the same as the first movie, but is better done.


158 minutes.
Parental Guidance (Violence).
Mystery, Family movie.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Kenneth Branagh
Director
Chris Columbus
ScreenplaySteven Kloves, from the novel by J.K. Rowling
MusicJohn Williams, William Ross
CinematographyRoger Pratt
Sound formatsDolby EX 6.1, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in2002
Produced by1492 Pictures, Heyday Films, Warner Bros.

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

The Moviesite
Ian Douglas		12
Cape Argus
Bianca Coleman		10
The Cape Times
Dennis Cavernelis		15
Die Burger
Nikodemis van Rensburg		10
Tygerburger
Mariana Malan		15
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge		15
Rapport
Barrie Hough		18
Total Movie
Dan Jolin		15
eye Weekly
Jason Anderson		10
Box Office
Cathy Thompson-Georges		18
ReelViews
James Berardinelli		15

What the People say

Internet
3013 Netizens		16

Average .. 70%

14

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: Well, I missed the first one, so was a bit confused as to why everyone was in such awe of Harry. Anyway, the film is apparently a faithful adaptation of the novel, and I found it to be entertaining. The special effects are good. Both Violet and I thought that the PG V rating was a little generous, as there are some scenes which could frightenthe little ones. Note also the long running time if you are taking young kiddies. The film opened extremely strongly overseas, and will no doubt do the same here.






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