- Release Date: 2009
- Runtime: 153 min
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
- Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent ... see all
- Director: David Yates
- Plot: As Harry Potter begins his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince"... Read more
User Reviews
As a movie it's the most well crafted of the series. But as an adaptation of the book, it was by far the worst.
Jul 19, 2009
pgtmatrix - imdb.com
Jul 19, 2009pgtmatrix - imdb.com
Let me say this. Half Blood Prince as a movie alone was very good. It stands it's ground as a film better than any of the others of the series. But only as a film. And only because there are so... Full review
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, or Ron Weasley and the Half-A**ed Romance?
Jul 16, 2009
ddoncila - imdb.com
Jul 16, 2009ddoncila - imdb.com
Oh god. This movie butchered the magic of the book. I seriously wasn't sure if this was the same movie... Why didn't Dumbledore pick Harry up from the Dursleys and give them a piece of his mind? Where was the Slug... Full review
Great cinematography, consistency weak
Jul 16, 2009
yahtzee10 - imdb.com
Jul 16, 2009yahtzee10 - imdb.com
My favorite part of the novel Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince, which was probably my favorite novel in the series, was all of the subplots. We had the drama behind the Minister Magic and relations with the Muggle government. We... Full review
The Best Book...The Worst Movie!
Jul 15, 2009
xxmonexx - imdb.com
Jul 15, 2009xxmonexx - imdb.com
As an avid Harry Potter fan who has read the books multiple times and of course seen the movies repeatedly, I was extremely excited to see this movie at the midnight showing. Half-Blood Prince is my favorite book and other than... Full review
Worst Interpretation EVER
Jul 15, 2009
jenna_a22 - imdb.com
Jul 15, 2009jenna_a22 - imdb.com
This segment of HP will disappoint all who read the novel. The Burrow burns down during x-mas break due to Bellatrix and Fenrir (who is never described as a werewolf) perhaps for the lack of action at the end of the... Full review
again, another complainer.
Jul 15, 2009
sabrin_uh - imdb.com
Jul 15, 2009sabrin_uh - imdb.com
Oh gosh. This movie was seriously lacking. The obviously artificial lighting was so distracting, though I understand Yates was going for "dark." There was really hardly any magic in the movie, and maybe the producers and director jumped too fast on... Full review
Key points missing!
Jul 15, 2009
zvette929 - imdb.com
Jul 15, 2009zvette929 - imdb.com
If you love the series like I do you will know that in every movie they have to cut parts of the book out. Most of the time they manage it without compromising the integrity of the film. This time they... Full review
All The Least Important Parts of the Book in Movie Form.
Jul 15, 2009
ZeroCorpse-1 - imdb.com
Jul 15, 2009ZeroCorpse-1 - imdb.com
This film has possibly the worst ending of any HP film, and wandered the furthest from the books. If you are a fan of the books, this is for you: Remember that cool battle at Hogwart's at the end of the... Full review
Are you freaking kidding me!!?
Jul 15, 2009
singingamy09 - imdb.com
Jul 15, 2009singingamy09 - imdb.com
I have been counting down the days since they moved this movie from its original release date. As the characters have grown older, the story line gets better, and I was hoping the same would go for the sixth movie. However,... Full review
Tragic and awful movie barely saved by brilliant acting
Jul 15, 2009
Fairy_Queen_99 - imdb.com
Jul 15, 2009Fairy_Queen_99 - imdb.com
I was 11 when I read my first Harry Potter. I have stood in queues at midnight waiting to buy the books. I have seen the previous movies and, though not completely impressed, I appreciated the effort that was made to... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Nov 19, 2009nzherald.co.nz
a good film, but one....Stunning special effects, performances by a who's who of British acting talent, eccentric new characters, lots of action, plenty of tension.... ... Full Review
| Aug 30, 2009associatedcontent.com
I think it would be a much better movie had it been more intense.....Overall, I believe that this was one of the better movies produced in the Harry Potter series.....The production of the movie was very timely.....the plot did seem very simple..... ... Full Review
| Jul 29, 2009bigislandweekly.com
Yates, and the young persons he gets to play Riddle in these memories (one of them being Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, relative of Ralph Fiennes), make these scenes easily the best of the film.....This is easily the least likeable Potter film since the overblown and dull first one (Sorcerer's Stone)..... ... Full Review
| Jul 27, 2009The Celebrity Cafe
director that the movie is strong enough to rely on the plot.....But it shows off the talent of the writers, actors....Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince is the best Harry Potter movie yet;....In the first film or two, much of what made the movie enjoyable was the landscape Hogwarts was set on.... ... Full Review
| Jul 26, 2009lakeconews.com
Magical world of 'Harry Potter' grows darker, more ominous....Unfortunately, this is not so evidently the simple case with "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.....Though I may not have found this "Harry Potter" to be riveting, I acknowledge....critics and audiences alike should be able to enjoy a film without having to extensively read the source material.....A good movie should be a complete stand-alone experience, one that could be enjoyed and understood by the uninitiated..... ... Full Review
News
JLS scoop BBC Switch 'Outstanding' prize
digitalspy.co.uk –
2009-11-09
JLS have been honoured with the 'Outstanding Artist' prize at the BBC Switch Live awards. The group, who are currently at number one with new single 'Everybody In Love' , beat off competition from Florence and the Machine, Dizzee Rascal... ... Full Article
'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
usatoday.com –
2009-09-28
FILM BOSSES CELEBRATE MOVIE BOOM OF 2009
pr-inside.com –
2009-09-02
Hollywood bosses have defied the international economic downturn to make summer 2009 the most successful in U.S. box office history - with help from blockbusters including TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN and HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. ... Full Article
The Harry Potter film franchise continues to grow and show depths that nobody could have dreamed of when the first one hit theaters back in 2001. ... Full Article

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