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Fans apprehensive on how newcomer director David Yates would handle the longest and densest Potter novel yet can rest easy, according to the critics. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix revolves around Harry's (Daniel Radcliffe) continuing growing pains: first kisses, suspension from school, rebelling with an army of kids to overthrow the educative autocracy, and confronting the murderer of his parents. You know, kids' stuff. While some critics say Order feels like a placeholder setting up the final two sequels, most agree that Yates makes the most of the job (and his CG budget), serving up a relentlessly dark and grim vision of Hogwarts. And with his tight, efficient script, writer Michael Goldenberg eschews the excess while keeping the emotional trappings of the 800-page source novel. |
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