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Name: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Magical Movie Mode
Released: 2001-11-16
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Magical Movie Mode

PG
2h 41m
2001

80%

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Based on the first of J.K. Rowling's popular children's novels about Harry Potter, the live-action family adventure film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone tells the story of a boy who learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own. Invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. At Hogwarts, he finds the home and the family he has never had.

Director:

Chris Columbus

Producer:

Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan, Duncan Henderson

Writer:

Steve Kloves

Cast:

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Ian Hart, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Dame Maggie Smith, Julie Walters

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

80%

Critics Consensus: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone adapts its source material faithfully while condensing the novel's overstuffed narrative into an involving -- and often downright exciting -- big-screen magical caper.

Reviews

Medium Popcorn

Justin Brown

The acting is not great, the story's cookie-cutter, but some of the graphics still held up and there are interesting aspects of the wizard world. I think I may have missed the boat on this by watching this as a grown man, but I get why people like this.

This is a solid foundation for the film series but the pacing and acting make this a slog to get through.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone remains a memorable debut for one of the biggest fantasy franchises of all time. Not only does it hold after over 20 years, but this movie is still a benchmark for world building by any standard.

... a painstakingly literal translations of J.K Rowling’s first novel, a near-perfect replica created with a kind of funhouse spectacle of the wonders of the magical world come to life.

...a decent-enough first installment that admittedly does a nice job of establishing Rowling's impressively detailed world and characters...

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