I found this incredibly redundant and the pacing was painfully slow at times. I wish this was more visually enthralling.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 2, 2025

The CGI doesn't hold up well but the performances of Rickman and Staunton are great. It's one of the better Harry Potter films.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2025

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a great example of some of the series' strongest elements, especially its cast and visual effects.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 13, 2024

...slick and briskly-paced...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 22, 2021

Clearly serving as an overly dependent middle section of the franchise, this is one of the more forgettable installments.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Nov 24, 2020

The fifth Potter picture is one of the lesser entries in the series: way too rushed, and a mite too dour.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2020

A worthy sequel, but lacks surprises. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 30, 2019

The film is more than satisfactory for fans of the series, but can't quite conjure up much else besides stunning visuals. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Nov 30, 2019

Despite lacking charisma, David Yates still manages to convey a dark epic feel to the affair. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 30, 2019

After four magical cinematic chapters of Harry Potter, the franchise finally hits a bump in the road with Order of the Phoenix, which is full of plot detail and short of all the magic and charm that made this such a successful series.

| Nov 21, 2019

Good, but not quite great, Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix does not wear out its welcome, keeps the franchise intact, entertains and enthralls, and leaves us looking toward the future and the ultimate battle between Harry and Voldemort.

| 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: 4/5 | Jul 11, 2019

The most character-driven, dialogue-centric and politically astute Potter film yet.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 6, 2019

My new favorite of the series. I know that is unusual but this is the leanest storytelling in my opinion.

| Original Score: A+ | Apr 4, 2019

The enjoyable moments nearly all occur when Potter newcomer Imelda Staunton, playing the latest 'Defence Against the Dark Arts' is on-screen. Alas, Yates' obsession with exposition over action is this dreary, utilitarian film's real undoing.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 3, 2018

Traditional drama is usually a three-act deal: set-up, conflict, resolution. But this is the three-act deal every two minutes. Danger, baddie, magic. Danger, baddie, magic. Danger, baddie, magic. It's as tired as it is tiresome.

| Aug 23, 2018

It feels like the slowest of Harry Potter movies...a great character dies, but he wasn't really utilized well, so you don't feel what you should...Order and the Phoenix is enjoyable and has its place, but it's my least favorite.

| Jan 25, 2018

Author J.K. Rowling clearly knew a totalitarian regime when she saw one, and never hesitated to call out the toadies and enablers along with her big baddie.

| Feb 28, 2017

This film does so many things right, it's hard to say what to single out for praise.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 15, 2016

By focussing the story on Harry (a leaner and slightly meaner Daniel Radcliffe) and his exploits, Yates dispenses with many of the novel's subplots and is able to push the story forward, ominously foreshadowing the dark times to come.

| Nov 26, 2013