96% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

All Critics (265) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (254) | Rotten (10)

In the 10 years since Harry's first big- screen close-up, the spell has never been broken. And we Muggles have been made better for the magic.

It's a pleasant irony that, just as the first installments of Rowling's oeuvre were better suited to page than screen, the final installments have reversed the relationship.

When the movie was over, a young boy sitting behind me said, "That was great!" He was satisfied, and rightly so.

This is the way The Harry Potter saga was meant to end.

Fasten your seat belts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2is an emotional roller-coaster ride.

The best possible end for the series that began a decade ago.

An emotional, have-a-hanky-handy experience for many viewers as characters they've come to know, love and care about make their collective exit.

Deathly Hallows Part 2's most evocative moments generally have him thinking about death, not just his own, but also others'.

Back in the first movie, Mr. Ollivander told a young Harry that we should expect great things from him. With the cinematic conclusion ten years later, he's been proven right.

"Director David Yates, who has helmed the final quartet of movies, assuredly oversees the cycle to its finish."

The Protacted Ending Pt 2. Though it's hard not to be grateful that "It all Ends" this one is a modest success.

The successful run of a franchise such as this is truly a rare feat in Hollywood. Take a bow, folks.

...as the ads suggest, it really does all end here for both the genuine and stimulatingly fictitious kids who have grown up dealing with the fulfilling assortment of thrills... horrors, action and laughs so easily generated in the "Potter" movies,

a very substantial fantasy film, perhaps even beyond the level of one of the LORD OF THE RINGS films. With one major omission the series comes to a satisfying and frequently spectacular conclusion.

A fitting farewell for all the zillions of Harry Potter fans; not the best HP movie but one of the best.

... Yates and company deserve credit for delivering the goods -- generally.

There's visual overstatement, stone-heavy exposition, self-seriousness (masquerading as maturity), CGI-laden plot (falling short of spectacle), and predictable action sequences.

Thank god it is finally over.

delivers precisely what most viewers will be looking for: battles, suspense, revelations, and, most importantly, a fitting, emotionally satisfying conclusion that is entirely in keeping with Rowling's novel.

The series now has the power to deserve comparison to The Lord of the Rings.

Ralph Fiennes is AWESOME in this movie.

If these movies have done nothing else, they have shown great skill in playing directly to a target audience, never swaying from that mission, and doing it exceptionally well.

Possibly the weakest entry in the series.

Nothing can compare to the experience of reading...Rowling's books, which have been expertly condensed and interpreted by screenwriter Steve Kloves, but given the need for compromise I think they've done justice to the author's intentions-if not her...

... a brilliant finish to the series, an action-packed finale with elements of darkness and beautifully integrated moments of humor and heroism.

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