Harry’s grown into an action hero
Kate Kellaway sees a preview of the boy wizard’s fifth film, the Order of the Phoenix, and finds that Hogwarts still enchants
Sunday July 1, 2007
The Observer
Daniel Radcliffe has a look, on his often inexpressive face, that seems to say: it is hard being Harry Potter, you never know what is coming next. And this has never been truer than in the fifth Potter film, in which Harry - one suddenly notices - has a tiny speaking part and where actions speak far louder than words. The special-effects are to die - or, possibly, to live - for. There is a sublime night flight on broomsticks over the Thames, whooshing past the Houses of Parliament that would, on its own, make the film worth watching. The Dementors are straight out of Gustave Dore with their grey talons and smoky breath. And there is an indoor firework display chez Hogwarts that will turn all our future November 5ths into damp squibs.
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