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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002 2h 41m
Adventure Fantasy
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.7/10
24,038 reviews
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.

"Something evil has returned to Hogwarts!"

Top Billed Cast

Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe
Harry Potter
Rupert Grint
Rupert Grint
Ron Weasley
Emma Watson
Emma Watson
Hermione Granger
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
Gilderoy Lockhart
Toby Jones
Toby Jones
Dobby (voice)
Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane
Rubeus Hagrid
Richard Harris
Richard Harris
Albus Dumbledore
Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
Severus Snape

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

W WiSpider Verified TMDB Critic
2022-01-05

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N Nathan Verified TMDB Critic
2022-11-25

_Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_ is a worthy sequel that improves upon the first and expands the lore in a grand way.

The quality in this film is vastly superior to the first in terms of CGI and acting, which is par for the course as the main trio grows into their roles and as actors. It is evident that the CGI team had adequate time before this film's release because for 2002 the effects are spectacular. From Dobby the Elf to the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, this movie nails creature models and creates very believable interactions between the models and the actors.

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C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2023-09-03

This second book in JK Rowling's "Harry Potter" series sees our trio of wizarding weans start to develop a much closer relationship with each other; and we begin to realise the challenges young "Harry" (Daniel Radcliffe) is to face as he grows up. This is much more sinister than the opener; Alan Rickman's "Prof. Snape" starts to come into his own as his evil nemesis v Maggie Smith as his professional proponent and "Dumbledore" (Richard Harris) starts to develop more as a character too. I could possibly have done without "Moaning Myrtle" but the story is well adapted and moves along quickly, wi...