Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in 'Harry Potter and the Half-Moon Prince.' (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince could be perceived as critic-proof. The film would likely get huge numbers from the fervent fans of the young wizard, no matter how the muggles judged the story.
But unlike the poorly received Transformers sequel — which has already been referred to as the worst film ever to reach $300 million (and soon, $400 million) — the sixth Potter film has turned out to be a critical favorite, one of the best liked among all the series’ films.
Half-Blood Prince scored an 84 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 78 on Metacritic.
• Jeff Bayer of The Scorecard Review called Half-Blood Prince the funniest Potter of the series: “Hormones and danger. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince dive into both quite well. Sure we don’t have much time for Hagrid, Tom Riddle’s memories, or a Half-Blood Prince, but it’s not so bad because we have teenagers in love. That only sounds condescending, I swear.”
• NPR’s Bob Mondello dives into swine flu while reviewing the film, and makes things a tad too Freudian, but in the end, loves its “more mature magic”: “The action pauses this time to set up emotional conflicts alongside the ones that rely primarily on special-effects wizardry. … Count that as a boon for any adults who are brought along for the ride.”
• The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw, though clearly a fan of the series, says Half-Blood Prince drags: “As drama, (the films) are becoming more and more inert, crammed with tiny events and minor characters that are spurious, pointless and, frankly, dull.”
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Terrible, simply terrible. I would say the worst or second worst in the series, so many key elements are missing. How is Harry supposed to know that hufflepuffs cup is a horcrux now? How is he supposed to remember that ravenclaws diadem is in the room of requirement if he never placed his potions book there? Bill and Fleur were forgotten, not that they can have a wedding now anyway because they meaninglessly burnt down the burrow. Bill wasn’t mauled by Greyback in the final fight because there was none, and the death eater, Gibbon, lives as well. It seems that 5 death eaters just waltzed out of the school, the proclaimed heavily defended by Auror school, without any notice except one Auror?! And the absence of Dumbledores Funeral(The elder wand being encased in dumbledores tomb, which in itself is important) was disappointing at the least. Overall I trudged trough this movie at the hope of an amazing fight scene at the end, and when that didn’t happen, i was sorely disappointed