2001
6/10
AKA: “HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERERS STONE” (USA)
Not a bad start to the franchise, though played it VERY safe. From what I understand, though not having read the book myself, this suffered from being cut considerably but as film, I felt it worked well. The acting wasn’t first rate mind, from the children but that was to be expected.
(Reviewed – 6th February 2010)
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