Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: November 19, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
Positive:
31
Mixed:
8
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
EmpireNick de SemlyenDec 8, 2010
The first and third acts are over-busy; the middle one moves like an arthritic house-elf. Still, a decent smattering of magic moments and tension's pumped up sky-high. Bring on Part 2. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranDec 8, 2010
To be fair to Deathly Hallows, the filmmakers have tried hard to fill the proceedings with battles and chases and debilitating curses. Genuine filmmaking excitement, however, is harder to provide. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinDec 8, 2010
I hope that in Part 2, Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves give Fiennes a better send-off than Dame J.K. did in her less-than-wizardly climactic wandathon. Having made us sit through two and a half hours with no payoff, they'd better not go all Muggle on us. Next time, we want magic, people. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenDec 8, 2010
The tale is about meeting Death and comes with this moral: When The End arrives, better to embrace it with love than to try to cheat it with avarice. Hey, if nothing else, Part 1 has got some nerve, so greedily refusing to practice what it earnestly preaches. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyDec 8, 2010
More than even the most faithful of the earlier episodes, this film feels devoted above all to reproducing the novel onscreen as closely as possible, an impulse that drags it toward ponderousness at times and rather sorely tests the abilities of the young actors to hold the screen entirely on their own, without being propped up by the ever-fabulous array of character actors the series offers. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonDec 8, 2010
Most of the content of this film is wheel-spinning or conscious setup for the final installment, and that feels apparent at every melodramatic moment. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickDec 8, 2010
Beautifully shot but a soulless cash machine, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 delivers no dramatic payoff, no resolution and not much fun. Hopefully we'll get that in the final installment next summer. Read full review
40
TimeRichard CorlissDec 8, 2010
Stuff still leaps out of the screen -- the snake striking a victim, cars sent flying by Death Eaters -- but few things in the movie lodge in the audience's mind or heart. Read full review
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