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HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (***1/2)
(First Reviewed: 11/26/01)
One of the most important things about making a great fantasy/sci-fi film is the creation of the world. That’s why HARRY POTTER is so great… The characters are rich and not cliché, which is the most surprising thing about the film. J.K. Rowling knows kids and developed all of them with different strokes… I could spend pages writing about the wonder of various scenes… I can’t wait to re-visit this world and these characters in subsequent adventures.

* Upon further review: (****)
My original review stands pretty much as it did originally. However, I really do feel the HARRY POTTER films are turning out as masterpieces of children’s entertainment. Like THE WIZARD OF OZ, you can watch them as an adult and not even think once that you’re watching a film targeted to kids. That’s saying a lot. For all the films I’ve seen, it’s one of the ten best films of 2001.