Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer — 12 Jul 2011

Although not blessed with a cinematic eye, Yates, a sensitive director of actors, structures his movie like the final movement of a symphony. He reprises themes and characters from the previous films that swell in the epochal siege of Hogwarts and ends his films with an almost wordless coda that will wring tears even from Harry haters.