Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Critic Reviews
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The best one yet.Read the full review
No, I couldn't be more pleased with what the screenwriter, Steven Kloves, and the director, Mike Newell, have wrought this time.Read the full review
It's not until Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that a film has successfully re-created the sense of stirring magical adventure and engaged, edge-of-your-seat excitement that has made the books such an international phenomenon.Read the full review
Last year's "The Prisoner of Azkaban" seemed dark, but this excellent fourth film derived from J.K. Rowling's books is the darkest "Potter" yet, intense enough to warrant a PG-13 rating.Read the full review
The studio, like plucky Harry, passes with flying colors. The new one, directed by Mike Newell from another astute script by Mr. Kloves, is even richer and fuller, as well as dramatically darker. It's downright scary how good this movie is.Read the full review
Goblet of Fire is the entry in which Rowling finally took off the gloves.Read the full review
The film is more violent, less cute than the others, but the action is not the mindless destruction of a video game; it has purpose, shape and style.Read the full review
Probably the most engaging Potter film of the series thus far.Read the full review
His (Ralph Fiennes) Voldemort may be the greatest screen performance ever delivered without the benefit of a nose; certainly it's a performance of sublime villainy.Read the full review
Whenever it hits its stride, it's a well-acted, vividly executed, full-speed-ahead special-effects extravaganza that puts as much bang as possible into every remaining scene.Read the full review
