Film REVIEW: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Director: David Yates

Writer: Michael Goldenberg - based on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters.

The fifth instalment in the Harry Potter film series. The film is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and is followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

MIX UP REVIEWS:

★★★★★

Niamh (Age 9) - ★★★★★

'I love the movie so much it was really good. I loved how Harry was able to see and save Mr Weasley before he died, I am glad he did not die.

I was so mad when Harry got expelled from Hogwarts but I’m so glad he didn’t get expelled from Hogwarts in the end. I was shocked when Sirius died.

I enjoyed it but it didn’t put as much detail as the Book so I enjoyed the book the best I give it five stars'

Stewart - ★★★★★

'As always adding the new cast members is a complete bonus with the likes of Imelda Staunton and Helena Bonham Carter. The movie is one of the shortest in the series despite being the biggest book. The last half hour contains some of the best moments of the entire HP series. Brilliant'

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Mix Up Theatre Movie Chart Position: #127

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The whole of the Harry Potter series is fantastic and always worth a re-watch.

Michael Gambon, Timothy Spall and Helena Bonham Carter are Harry Potter series regulars and they all give terrific performances in the historical drama The King's Speech.

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