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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter 3)

2004

Alfonso Cuarón

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, David Thewlis ...

6.9

83,774

Fantasy. Adventure. Drama Starting during the summer before Harry's third year at Hogwarts, this is the adventure that happens when he has to go on the run after an incident where he was unable to control his anger... getting on a bus, he hears about Sirius Black, a renegade wizard who was a Prisoner at Azkaban. What Harry doesn't suspect is that Black escaped to look for... him.

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Is 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' as good as the first two films? Not quite (...) But the world of Harry Potter remains delightful, amusing and sophisticated (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Not only is this dazzler by far the best and most thrilling of the three Harry Potter movies to date, it’s a film that can stand on its own even if you never heard of author J.K. Rowling and her young wizard hero"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"A visual delight (...) Though 'Potter' is set in a magical realm with an ethereal beauty, there is an honest and grounded quality to the human interactions (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A few plot points have been sacrificed, and Mr. Cuarón does not seem to care much for Quidditch. But it more than compensates for these lapses with its emotional force and visual panache."
		Richard Corliss Time	"Enjoy the savory witches' brew that Cuaron has cooked up in his Harry pot. For on its own terms, this one is truly wizard."
		Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"The right word for 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' is wondersful -- as in full of wonders, great and small."
		Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter	"A deeper, darker, visually arresting and more emotionally satisfying adaptation of the J.K. Rowling literary phenomenon"
		Brian Lowry Variety	"Visually dazzling and considerably darker than the prior incarnations, the story suffers from a slightly disjointed feel that will prove less accessible to those not intimately familiar with every corner of author J.K. Rowling's world"

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