Fresh
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is, despite its trickery, that plainest and least surprising of artifacts: the work of art that is exactly the sum of its parts, neither more nor less.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Let the magic begin.
2001 · 2h 32m · PG
Adventure, Fantasy
Directed by
Chris Columbus
Overview
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
Director and cast
- Chris Columbus Director
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
- Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
- Maggie Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall
- Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
- Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
- Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
- Saunders Triplets as Baby Harry Potter
- Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia Dursley
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A near-perfect commercial and cultural commodity.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Fresh
I hear the J.K. Rowling books are great, and on the basis of this 2001 movie I'm ready to believe it.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It offers more delights than disappointments -- and that qualifies as one of the year's great reliefs.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Rotten
The filmmakers want to show us a magical world that is, at the same time, wholly believable. They want to create matter-of-fact miracles, but what they end up with is mostly just plain matter-of-fact.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
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