harry potter deathly hallows part 2 summary

It's a dark and thunderous pageant that sets its bespectacled hero in the midst of vast forces, yet never loses track of who he is - a brave boy, to borrow both parts of Dumbledore's fond phrase, on the way to becoming a wonderful man.' - Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal In contrast to part 1, which was a ponderous exercise in stage-setting and dramatic incipience, this film, directed by David Yates and adapted by Steve Kloves, is a climax worthy of the term. The final episode of Harry's epic journey, part 2 of 'The Deathly Hallows,' is the best possible end for the series that began a decade ago. 'So many good films come to bad ends, but not the tales of Harry Potter. Once this bit of business is out of the way, the plot kicks in with a vengeance.' - Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times This enables it to avoid the tiresome teen angst that hampered Part 1 and devote almost all its time to action and confrontation, starting with the film's initial image of the dread Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) pointing the all-powerful Elder Wand to the sky and creating. 'Splitting the final 'Potter' volume into two films was also to the advantage of Part 2, as was the fact that this film deals only with roughly the final third of the book. My, how the children have grown - and the movies too.' - Manohla Dargis, The New York TimesĬheck out photos from the magical NYC premiere of 'Deathly Hallows, Part 2.' Grint who, in one early, anxious scene wears a goatee and a panicked look that together suggest a junior Paul Giamatti. Just as startling is the transformation of Mr. Watson, smoldering in bruising dark lipstick on the cover of the July Vogue, has her own hair and makeup artist, and the director, David Yates, even trains the camera on her generous peekaboo cleavage. Look closely and you can see the beard inching along Harry's, or rather Mr. 'A decade later Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends, Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint), have become powerful adult wizards, while the actors are now stars. Read our own 'Deathly Hallows, Part 2' review over on the Movies Blog, and if that and the critical praise below get you to the theaters, send us your own reviews! But 'Part 2' has blown that out of the water with a whopping 97 percent fresh and only five dissenters counted at press time. Up until now, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' held that title, with a score of 91 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Harry potter deathly hallows part 2 summary