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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for OhmyNews.com (129) on 09 Jul 2007

Phoenix manages to top that potential in an immense way, compacting the longest Potter book into the shortest film yet, streamlining the urgency…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 09 Jul 2007

The results may be darker and less family-friendly than previous installments but this ambitious take comes as a welcome shot in the arm for…

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By Jeffrey Chen (849) for Window to the Movies (638) on 09 Jul 2007

Yates doesn't miss a beat -- Harry is still angry and conflicted, and the world around him appears to grow even more unfair…

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By Victoria Alexander (762) for FilmsInReview.com (462) on 09 Jul 2007

Harry, it's not anger or Voldemort. It's testosterone…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 09 Jul 2007

Now that Harry has ditched childhood, it seems high time the franchise also dispatches with its immature and draggy literal-mindedness…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 09 Jul 2007

Not a bad way to spend an afternoon, but even in a summer of uncommonly weak blockbusters, casual fans can probably find more thrilling ways…

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By Dave Tianen (9) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 09 Jul 2007

This is a darker, more tormented Harry Potter than we have ever seen onscreen…

Review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

By Jette Kernion (87) for Cinematical (752) on 09 Jul 2007

More suspense than the other films in the series ... and an improvement upon the book from which it was adapted…

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By Jeffrey Westhoff (767) for Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (767) on 09 Jul 2007

Occupies the middle ground among the Potter movies, not as good as the third and fourth but better than the first and second…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Movie Mom (753) on 09 Jul 2007

Staunton magnificently personifies the banality of evil as Umbridge, all steely resolve and poisonous sugar…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 09 Jul 2007

Dark as pitch: unsettling, unsettled, unresolved, and utterly remarkable…

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By Devin Faraci (498) for CHUD (345) on 09 Jul 2007

David Yates and screenwriter Michael Goldenberg have successfully pared the unwieldy book down into something that works well enough that this…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for UGO (350) on 09 Jul 2007

Easily the darkest of a series that has grown increasingly dim, Phoenix rises to the occasion, even if it doesn't fly quite as high as the…

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By Tom Charity (192) for CNN.com (607) on 09 Jul 2007

There's still enough suspense built into the saga to keep us watching, but after five installments, this dazzling box office wizard is slowly…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 09 Jul 2007

It feels like Charlie Brown getting ready to kick the football that Lucy's holding…

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By Alex Markerson (73) for E! Online (838) on 09 Jul 2007

It's inspiring to see Harry and his friends come into their own, organizing impromptu self-defense courses when their official curriculum is…

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By Erik Childress (902) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 09 Jul 2007

Weaves the beginning of the series' backend into maybe the best of the series to date leaving us in a state of anticipatory bliss of how it…

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By Nancy Churnin (129) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 09 Jul 2007

To their credit, new director David Yates and new screenwriter Michael Goldenberg never lose the heart of the tale…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for Contra Costa Times (478) on 09 Jul 2007

On the screen, the stories, now in their fourth set of hands, feel uncomfortably fractured. Thank heavens for books…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 09 Jul 2007

[T]his may be the best straight-up horror movie of the year -- I was riveted by the sinister sophistication of it…

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