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July 15, 2011

At the Movies: Final ‘Potter' film is gripping, satisfying

By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic

If last year's “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” marked the beginning of the end with a gripping feeling of doom and gloom, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” wraps things up once and for all on a note of melancholy.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2

Director: David Yates

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe as Harry; Rupert Grint as Ron; Emma Watson as Hermione; and Ralph Fiennes as the evil Lord Voldemort

Rating: PG-13

Running time: 130 minutes

Oh, it's dramatic, to be sure: gorgeous, somber and startling as the young wizard faces his destiny and fights the evil Lord Voldemort. But the end of this staggeringly successful movie franchise, an epic fantasy saga spanning eight films over the past decade, provides a necessary emotional catharsis for Harry and for us. Even those who aren't ardent Potterphiles — who aren't waiting in a line around the theater with their homemade wands and hand-drawn lightning scars — might find themselves getting unexpectedly choked up a couple of times.


 
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