Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Director: David Yates
Synopsis
Harry returns for a fifth year at Hogwarts School and discovers that most of the wizard community is in denial about his recent encounter with Lord Voldemort. Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic, appoints a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher to watch over the students, as he fears that the Hogwarts headmaster is lying about Voldemort’s return. Unfortunately, the newly appointed teacher’s ministry-approved course leaves the students unprepared and unable to defend themselves, so Harry decides to take matters into his own hands.
Movie review
From Time Out Chicago
The fifth in the HP heptalogy thankfully continues the trend started by Prisoner of Azkaban: distancing the series as far as wizardly possible from the first two flat, fastidiously lame flicks. Yates leaps into big-budget cinema like a kid in a candy store, packing in nearly every compelling image from the 870-page source material. Still, while Phoenix tells an entertaining tale, it lacks the cohesive narrative flow of Azkaban.Author: Steve Heisler
Time Out Chicago Issue 124: July 12–18, 2007
User reviews of this film
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- Jules said...
- Posted on Jul 18 2007 09:20 Disjointed and noticably poorer direction than the last movies. A lot of the magic and splendor was lost for montages of the past movies.
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- Joe said...
- Posted on Jul 16 2007 09:11 Should I read the books first or just watch the movies? I found that I didn't really know what was going on in this movie.... was still good though.
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Cast & crew
Director: David Yates
Producer: David Heyman, David Barron
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, Jason Isaacs, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis, Julie Walters, Robert Hardy, David Bradley, Mark Williams, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Katie Leung, Harry Melling full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Children's, Fantasy
Rated: PG-13
Duration: 138 mins
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