97% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

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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.

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.

The final chapter ends with an epilogue that puts a lump in your throat and makes you want to watch them all again from the beginning. That's the definition of a classic.

We're a long way from the hijinks and humour of earlier episodes. Be prepared instead for a dark and thrilling ride.

While 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2' brings closure to the sprawling saga, the primary reason to see the film is because it's entertaining.

With nothing left to tell, the grand finale to the Harry Potter saga holds nothing back.

There are moments of wit, fear, imagination and grace that one remembers over the years, but they are scattered among the long drawn-out, meandering narrative.

The movie still looks drab, dark and blah but Yates has finally made a Harry Potter movie fans can be proud of and sends this Franchise off on a high note.

One of the best of the eight films Deathly Hallows: Part 2 might indeed require a scorecard for the uninitiated, but for those in the know, it's a more than suitable ending for a decade-long journey that was truly magical.

begins with a bang and doesn't stop.

A satisfying roller coaster ride that Harry Potter fans have been waiting for since the beginning.

Sharply directed and appropriately tear-jerking, imbued with the gravitas of such an epic finale.

It's a bucket of maraschino cherries and whipped cream after no supper. It's a two-plus hour climax without an ounce of foreplay. A fireworks grand finale without a single sparkler cooling off in Uncle Joe's Pabst can.

More than ever, Radcliffe is asked to take control of the screen as his boy wizard faces his own demons before finally facing Voldemort, and the talented thespian is up to the task, holding nothing back in an ofttimes ferocious performance.

"A worthy conclusion to the series, providing numerous worthwhile payoffs to J.K. Rowling's wizard saga."

A fitting finale and bittersweet good-bye to the boy wizard who is no longer a boy.

This splendid final HP film uses special effects to full advantage, thereby increasing the thrill of watching Harry and his friends try to defeat the evil Lord Voldemort.

If ever there was a critic-proof film, this is most certainly it - but, pleasingly, it's so good that it doesn't have to be.

(Director David) Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves have lovingly transported (Rowling's) vision to the most satisfying finale, truly grand, in film history.

Deathly Hallows - Part 2 is everything a Potter fanatic could want in a franchise capper.

... a mostly satisfying coda, with nostalgic 360 return to Hogwarts ... Potter faithful will find a sizable lump in their throats as the music wells and intrepid threesome take their places in carefully staged tableaux.

Merely translating the events of the novel would have been easy, but Deathly Hallows Part 2 - like all its predecessors - invests the story with a cinematic life all its own.

The Potter universe, magical as it is, is more grounded in heart and soul than many fictions. You don't read Harry Potter to escape, you read Harry Potter to find your way.

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