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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

PG-13·2007·138m

Adventure

Fantasy

Adventure

Fantasy

Summary

Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students to defend themselves against the dark arts.

Cast

Daniel Radcliffe

Harry Potter

Rupert Grint

Ron Weasley

Emma Watson

Hermione Granger

Imelda Staunton

Dolores Umbridge

Helena Bonham Carter

Bellatrix Lestrange

Robbie Coltrane

Rubeus Hagrid

Gary Oldman

Sirius Black

Ralph Fiennes

Lord Voldemort

Michael Gambon

Albus Dumbledore

Alan Rickman

Severus Snape

Richard Griffiths

Vernon Dursley

Brendan Gleeson

Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody

Jason Isaacs

Lucius Malfoy

Evanna Lynch

Luna Lovegood

Katie Leung

Cho Chang

Warwick Davis

Filius Flitwick

Fiona Shaw

Petunia Dursley

Maggie Smith

Minerva McGonagall

David Thewlis

Remus Lupin

Emma Thompson

Sybill Trelawney

Julie Walters

Molly Weasley

David Bradley

Argus Filch

Tom Felton

Draco Malfoy

Robert Hardy

Cornelius Fudge

George Harris

Kingsley Shacklebolt

Natalia Tena

Nymphadora Tonks

Mark Williams

Arthur Weasley

Harry Melling

Dudley Dursley

Jason Boyd

Piers

Richard Macklin

Malcolm

Kathryn Hunter

Arabella Figg

Miles Jupp

TV Weatherman

Jessica Hynes

Mafalda Hopkirk (voice)

Adrian Rawlins

James Potter

Geraldine Somerville

Lily Potter

Peter Cartwright

Elphias Doge

Brigitte Millar

Emmeline Vance

Timothy Bateson

Kreacher (voice)

James Phelps

Fred Weasley

Oliver Phelps

George Weasley

Bonnie Wright

Ginny Weasley

Jamie Wolpert

Newspaper Vendor

Nicholas Blane

Bob

Daisy Haggard

Lift (voice)

Chris Rankin

Percy Weasley

Sian Thomas

Amelia Bones

Jamie Waylett

Vincent Crabbe

Josh Herdman

Gregory Goyle

Matthew Lewis

Neville Longbottom

Ryan Nelson

Slightly Creepy Boy

William Melling

Nigel 2nd Year

Apple Brook

Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank

Devon Murray

Seamus Finnigan

Alfred Enoch

Dean Thomas

Afshan Azad

Padma Patil

Shefali Chowdhury

Parvati Patil

Jim McManus

Barman

Nick Shirm

Somewhat Doubtful Boy

Sam Beazley

Everard

John Atterbury

Phineas

Arben Bajraktaraj

Azkaban Death Eater

Richard Leaf

Dawlish

Tony Maudsley

Grawp

Alec Hopkins

Young Severus Snape

Robbie Jarvis

Young James Potter

James Walters

Young Sirius Black

Charles Hughes

Young Peter Pettigrew

James Utechin

Young Remus Lupin

Jason Piper

Centaur

Michael Wildman

Centaur

Richard Cubison

Death Eater

Peter Best

Death Eater

Tav MacDougall

Death Eater

Richard Trinder

Death Eater

Nathan Clarke

Gryffindor Student (uncredited)

David Heyman

Healer in Portrait (uncredited)

Cliff Lanning

Edgar Bones (uncredited)

James Payton

Frank Longbottom (uncredited)

Christopher Rithin

Dennis (uncredited)

Lauren Shotton

Pansy Parkinson (uncredited)

Timothy Spall

Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)

Lisa Wood

Alice Longbottom (uncredited)

Saskia Strallen

Dumbledore's Army Member (uncredited)

Crew

Director

David Yates

Novel

J.K. Rowling

Screenplay

Michael Goldenberg

Reviews

John Chard

August 20, 2019

Front and Centre for Dumbledore's Army.

Term 5 at Hogwarts for Harry and the gang and it's a deeply unsettling time. Harry faces getting expelled and finds himself shunned by many around him. This at a time when the Ministry of Magic compounds his misery by insisting to all and sundry that "you know who" is not back again.

Given that JK Rowling's fifth book is considered to be something of a door stopper, a book more of interim Potter filler than any great amount of substance, credit has to go to new to the franchise director, David Yates. For Yates and his screenwriter Michael Goldenberg have managed to craft a briskly entertaining segment in under 2 hours and 20 minutes of film. Yes it's safe to say that it ultimately does feel like an interim filler movie, one that is for fans and not newcomers to the series, but the effects are superb (except Grawp that is), the action is much and suspense is not in short supply. While it also finds Radcliffe as Potter finally hitting his acting stride.

New into the magical fray comes the wonderful Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbrage, the sort of cheery psychotic teacher we all had bad dreams about in our formative years. Also most welcome is Helena Bonham Carter as nut job harpy Bellatrix Le Strange, it's an appetiser of substance and we can't wait to see some more of her from here on in. Of course the usual problem of not enough screen time for the regulars still exists, but it's now become a figure of grumpy acceptance in the grand scheme of Potter World. Neatly keeping the story trimmed of extraneous fat, Yates doesn't disappoint in delivering a last quarter as memorable as any so far in the series. Big rewards await those who wait, because the showdown that crowns Order of Phoenix is a magical mêlée of wands and wonderment; a face off between good and evil, a free for all that joyously assaults the senses.

Roll on Half-Blood Prince, where it's great to know that Yates has been further entrusted with the Harry Potter reins. 7.5/10