Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: November 18, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
35
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The best one yet. Read full review
100
PremiereSara Brady
Newell puts his own stamp on the franchise and delivers the best Potter movie yet filmed. Read full review
100
SlateDavid Edelstein
No, I couldn't be more pleased with what the screenwriter, Steven Kloves, and the director, Mike Newell, have wrought this time. Read full review
91
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
There's ample reason to stay with this series. When Harry says "I love magic," you believe it. Read full review
91
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Harry IV is an intelligent, visually seductive and mostly very satisfying fantasy epic of the first order. Read full review
91
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
A mature, tense, frightening and altogether masterful film. Read full review
90
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Last year's "The Prisoner of Azkaban" seemed dark, but this excellent fourth film derived from J.K. Rowling's books is the darkest "Potter" yet, intense enough to warrant a PG-13 rating. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
It's not until Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that a film has successfully re-created the sense of stirring magical adventure and engaged, edge-of-your-seat excitement that has made the books such an international phenomenon. Read full review
90
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The studio, like plucky Harry, passes with flying colors. The new one, directed by Mike Newell from another astute script by Mr. Kloves, is even richer and fuller, as well as dramatically darker. It's downright scary how good this movie is.
90
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Its look has the same grudging beauty that, once you get used to it, English weather does: It's so defiant in its grayness that you come to appreciate its conviction. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter just keeps growing up. So do the Potter movies, in size, in ambition and in visual splendor - and with increasingly stunning results. Read full review
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Death, torture, humour and even budding eroticism -- now this is more like it. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The darkest, most thrilling entry yet in the movie franchise. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The film is more violent, less cute than the others, but the action is not the mindless destruction of a video game; it has purpose, shape and style. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Goblet of Fire is the entry in which Rowling finally took off the gloves. Read full review
80
NewsweekDavid Ansen
The uncontestable triumph of Goblet of Fire, however, is Brendan Gleeson's Alastor (Mad-Eye) Moody, the grizzled new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Whenever it hits its stride, it's a well-acted, vividly executed, full-speed-ahead special-effects extravaganza that puts as much bang as possible into every remaining scene. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
His (Ralph Fiennes) Voldemort may be the greatest screen performance ever delivered without the benefit of a nose; certainly it's a performance of sublime villainy. Read full review
80
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
In the grand scheme of things, Goblet of Fire is perhaps closest to the original "Sorcerer's Stone." Read full review
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Probably the most engaging Potter film of the series thus far. Read full review
80
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
The film's quick pace and near-constant action carries you along quite nicely, and by the time Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) makes his climactic appearance, one can't help but look forward to the remaining films. Read full review
80
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
By a pleasing irony, the parts of the film that stay with you are concerned not with the dark arts but with something far more unstoppable: teen-agers. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
Qualitatively different from its cinematic forbears: It doesn't linger on the gothic curlicues of its source material, it moves straightforwardly from place to place, and it emphasizes the emotional development of its characters with dramatic interplay rather than expressionistic, atmospheric gloom. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
With the cast getting looser and the mind games kinkier, it's hard to resist. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle Smith
Fine for people of developing minds, but the story so often stops its forward motion to take us on long detours into the land of CGI effects that it amounts to a $150 million magic show. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Imperfect, but magical nonetheless. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The best thing about the picture is Harry's new maturity: For the first time, he dominates a picture named for him. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Goblet of Fire, fourth in the fantasy franchise, is the most fun and the most fraught with conflict. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
It's hard to beat the last movie, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," and this film is not better, but it has much to recommend it. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Inventive visuals and funny bits abound, but the film's gritty look and unsentimental characterizations - Harry, Hermione and Ron are far from golden teens - ominously foreshadow the truly wicked shape of things to come. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
It's a testament to the power of the story -- and this engaging adaptation -- that leaving Hogwarts is tough anyway. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Offers a brew of wondrous chimera combined with the wonders of human nature. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
A 157-minute holding pattern in which neither of the ongoing stories--Harry's conflict with the evil sorcerer Voldemort, the young schoolmates' coming of age at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft--progresses much. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Kids may be appropriately terrified, but to this overgrown Potter fan, Voldemort, the Darth Vader of the black arts, was a heck of a lot scarier when you couldn't see him. Read full review
67
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Too bad the bulk of Rowling's humor goes down a black-magic drain. Read full review
60
EmpireAngie Errigo
Terrific effects and considerable charm, but, once again, you can't help wishing the filmmakers had been bolder with the adaptation. Read full review
60
Village VoiceEd Park
To this viewer and reader, the decade-old juggernaut is as deeply felt as it is flawed, dense and illogical and laudably "weird." Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
Came alive only in the presence of a supposed dead man -- specifically, the nefarious Lord Voldemort. Read full review
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