Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his Hogwarts friends prepare to battle Voldemort--and puberty--in the sixth installment of the top-grossing franchise in movie history.
A generation has grown up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and there's something very poignant about watching the young wizards enter a new stage of life. The filmmakers do a beautiful job connecting the growing danger pervading the formerly safe haven of Hogwarts with the trio's further departure from childhood. As hormones rage, first love takes center stage, causing as much anxiety as the impending showdown with Voldemort, and making the story more appropriate and interesting for tweens than younger kids. Much of the innocent wizardry of the first movies is gone, but that only fuels the powerful message that it's our relationships with the people we love that are responsible for the real magic.
This movie is intended for older children.
This movie is intended for older children.
Unless they've already read the book, younger kids probably won't be able to follow two and a half hours of plot points and they definitely won't care who has a crush on whom. Fans of the series will be eager to see the story come to life, and will find it thrilling to watch Ron's victorious game of Quidditch play out on the big screen.
Tweens will be able to relate to many of the feelings Harry, Ron and Hermione are experiencing and will watch carefully to see how they handle their emotions. They'll admire Harry's loyalty to Dumbledore and his mission, but may admire his loyalty to his friends even more.
A whole disc of extras includes a personal look at "J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life," a "Close Up with the cast of Harry Potter," additional scenes, "One-Minute Drills" in which the cast members sum up their characters; a lightning-round Q&A with cast and crew to discuss "What's On Your Mind?" and sneak peeks of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and Universal Orlando Resort's new Wizarding World of Harry Potter.