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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6)

2009

David Yates

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon ...

6.4

57,965

Fantasy. Adventure. Drama In the sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, and in both wizard and muggle worlds Lord Voldemort and his henchmen are increasingly active. With vacancies to fill at Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore persuades Horace Slughorn, back from retirement to become the potions teacher, while Professor Snape receives long awaited news. Harry Potter, together with Dumbledore, must face treacherous tasks to defeat his evil nemesis.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Harry is better than ever, a triumph of visual wonder and emotional storytelling. (...) Getting lost in the hypnotic Half-Blood Prince is what gives the movie its haunting power. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Is merely the sixth chapter in a now eight-part series that, much like its young hero, played by Daniel Radcliffe, has begun to show signs of stress around the edges, a bit of fatigue (...) far more than any of the previous films, feels like an afterthought."	NEG
United Kingdom	Sarah Crompton Telegraph	"An elegant addition to the series. (...) Radcliffe in particular, has never been better than here, displaying new maturity and subtlety. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Kids' stuff is a thing of the past (...) Dazzlingly well made and perhaps deliberately less fanciful than the previous entries, this one is played in a mode closer to palpable life-or-death drama than any of the others and is quite effective as such."	POS
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"A jerky start of exposition and backstory gives way to vigorous storytelling (...) all the visual and digital effects have now blended seamlessly into the package."	POS
United States	Richard Corliss Time	"Darker, Richer and All Grown Up. (...) With Half-Blood Prince, again we have a stalwart, satisfying visualization of the Rowling cosmos."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"'Half-Blood Prince is witty, spectacular and one of the best. (...) is spellbinding, even though it is more grounded in reality and less fanciful than previous installments. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)."	POS

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