Posted on 04/06/04
The trouble with Harry
Harry Potterand the Prisoner of AzkabanDirected by Alfonso CuaronWritten by Steve KlovesStarring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, David Thewlis, Emma ThompsonClassification: PGRating: **½The hope: that nothing becomes an old franchise like a new director. Hope rising: In the very first frames, new director Alfonso Cuaron - the arty Mexican who explored youthful hormones with gleeful zest in Y Tu Mama Tambien - eases his camera through the pitch black night and into the darkened bedroom of Harry Potter who, a card-carrying teenager now, is seen huddled under the covers with one shadowy hand engaged in a clearly furtive activity, and - say it isn't so - could it be that our little wizard is playing with his wand? Hope dimmed: Alas, it is literally so - our little wizard is playing with his wand. Again.
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