I don't know the source material but it's incredibly long and slow for a non-Harry Potter fan. I wish it were more engaging and eventful.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 13, 2024

Like the previous entry, the pacing in this is rough. Chris Columbus makes this a bit too light in tone given the stakes and events that take place in this story, which is frustrating.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 13, 2024

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets triumphs by combining a murder mystery with politics, class division and social commentary. Daniel Radcliffe also evolves displaying a self-assurance that ensures this sequel genuinely delivers.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 25, 2024

...a watchable (and impressively faithful) adaptation that never quite becomes as captivating or engrossing as one might've hoped...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 25, 2021

Rather than better or worse, the films were almost an extension of the books, wonderfully bringing to life JK Rowling's fantastical Wizarding World as the definitive franchise an entire generation grew up with.

| Oct 27, 2020

This time around, the humor and family-friendly fun can't overcome the annoying supporting characters and repetition from the previous picture.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 29, 2020

Brilliant stuff.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 18, 2020

At 162 minutes, this sounds like a long film, but the time passes quickly...almost too quickly. A technical and visual masterpiece.

| Nov 13, 2019

Good film directed for a teenage audience in which not only is magic taught but also how stereotypes affect it while the film itself recreates some British stereotypes. [Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 11, 2019

This time, the adventures of the world's most famous young wizard come mixed with a stiff dose of the menacing.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 4, 2019

Director David Yates deals with this change of tone skillfully.

| Oct 3, 2018

Director Chris Columbus has pushed the envelope farther, made a sequel that is pacier and more swashbuckling. Yet it still feels cautious and reined-in.

| Dec 6, 2014

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is darker, funnier and finer than its forerunner Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

| Dec 6, 2014

Chamber Of Secrets is funnier and more exciting than the first Harry Potter movie, and adorned with some of the most stunning special effects ever.

| Dec 6, 2014

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets isn't perfect, but it's everything it should be: fun, exciting, humorous and stirring.

| Dec 6, 2014

Have no fear, you legions of Potter fans: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a solid step forward in the movie adaptations of J.K. Rowling's much-read novels.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 6, 2014

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is good enough to satisfy hard-core fans, even if it falls short of being truly transporting moviemaking.

| Dec 6, 2014

Columbus' pacing is still murderously slow, his ideas as pedestrian as the worst 온라인카지노추천.

| Dec 6, 2014

Apart from a rather pointless cameo from Kenneth Branagh and a rather peaky-looking Richard Harris, in truth there was nothing in HP2 that we hadn't already seen in HP1.

| Dec 6, 2014

Despite its sophomoric awkwardness, the Chamber of Secrets is a welcome delivery of childlike wonder for a planet of ever- increasing ugliness.

| Dec 6, 2014