
Forced to spend his summer holidays with his muggle relations, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) gets a real shock when he gets a surprise visitor: Dobby (Toby Jones) the house-elf, who warns Harry against returning to Hogwarts, for terrible things are going to happen. Harry decides to ignore Dobby's warning and continues with his pre-arranged schedule. But at Hogwarts, strange and terrible things are indeed happening. Harry is suddenly hearing mysterious voices from inside the... (Full plot summary below)
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Forced to spend his summer holidays with his muggle relations, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) gets a real shock when he gets a surprise visitor: Dobby (Toby Jones) the house-elf, who warns Harry against returning to Hogwarts, for terrible things are going to happen. Harry decides to ignore Dobby's warning and continues with his pre-arranged schedule. But at Hogwarts, strange and terrible things are indeed happening. Harry is suddenly hearing mysterious voices from inside the walls, muggle-born students are being attacked, and a message scrawled on the wall in blood puts everyone on his or her guard, "The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. Enemies Of The Heir, Beware".
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| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesLike many children I've met, director Chris Columbus seems never to have heard the word no. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashThis second effort is even better than the first go around. |
| Broomfield EnterpriseDan Marcucci and Nancy SerougiLike the first "Pott-ah" movie, the scenery was amazing and the music was great. Throw in the story that everybody loves and these movies really have the whole package. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperMade so well that all ages can appreciate it. |
| MovieJuice!Mark RamseyThese Potter kids have grown up a lot in one year. At this rate, their next adventure will be Harry Potter and the Octogenarian's Enlarged Prostate. |
| Rochester Democrat and ChronicleJack GarnerThe magic still sparkles in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekDespite terrific special effects and funnier gags, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J.K. Rowling's marvelous series into a deadly bore. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsSusan GrangerThe second installment is scarier, darker, longer and even better than the first. It's an enchanting, enthralling, eye-popping miracle of moviemaking. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBrimming with invention and new ideas, and its Hogwarts School seems to expand and deepen before our very eyes into a world large enough to conceal unguessable secrets -- What a glorious movie. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Sukhdev SandhuDirector Chris Columbus has pushed the envelope farther, made a sequel that is pacier and more swashbuckling. Yet it still feels cautious and reined-in. |