FREE TEEN MOVIE- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter, has finally arrived onscreen, and with him comes a slew of merchandise and, soon enough, a video game—as if reading did not promise vivid interactions of its own. The movie is exactly what you would expect: spirited, efficient, glazed with effects, and almost servile in its fidelity to the novel. Harry is played by Daniel Radcliffe, who, though a touch too old for the part, fills it with unfazed amiability; more successful still, perhaps, are Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, enjoying themselves as his sidekicks. A roll call of British actors infests the staff at Hogwarts School: Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, and Alan Rickman, with the already well-built Robbie Coltrane finding fresh girth as the rumbustious Hagrid. The movie takes its time—the director, Chris Columbus, and his screenwriter, Steve Kloves, seem most interested in portraying good companionship—and yet the final half-hour feels rushed and unarousing. Even before the film opened, the grosses were assured, and yet, for all the magic—the broomsticks, the bank staffed by goblins, and the troll in the bathroom—the work itself remains oddly unmagical, grounded in mortal fun. (The New Yorker)