Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - film review
Chris Columbus
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Mystery

Summary
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a British-American-German adventure film first released in 2002,
directed by Chris Columbus.
The film stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Griffiths and Fiona Shaw.
It has also been released under the title: Incident on 57th Street.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Chris Columbus
- Script: J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves
- Photo: Roger Pratt
- Music: John Williams
- Cast: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon Dursley), Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia Dursley), Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley), Toby Jones (Dobby the House Elf), Jim Norton (Mr. Mason), Veronica Clifford (Mrs. Mason), James Phelps (Fred Weasley), Oliver Phelps (George Weasley), Julie Walters (Molly Weasley), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley), Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), Edward Tudor-Pole (Mr. Borgin (scenes deleted)), Jenny Tarren (Aged Witch), Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid), Tom Knight (Mr. Granger), Heather Bleasdale (Mrs. Granger), Isabella Columbus (Girl in Bookstore), Kenneth Branagh (Professor Gilderoy Lockhart), Peter O’Farrell (Short Man – Daily Prophet), Ben Borowiecki (Angus (Diagon Boy)), Harry Taylor (Station Guard), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan), David Bradley (Argus Filch), Alan Rickman (Professor Snape), Richard Harris (Professor Albus Dumbledore), Maggie Smith (Professor Minerva McGonagall), Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe), Josh Herdman (Gregory Goyle), Miriam Margolyes (Professor Pomona Sprout), Gemma Padley (Penelope Clearwater), John Cleese (Nearly Headless Nick), Hugh Mitchell (Colin Creevey), Alfie Enoch (Dean Thomas), Eleanor Columbus (Susan Bones), Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood), Rochelle Douglas (Alicia Spinnet), Emily Dale (Katie Bell), Danielle Tabor (Angelina Johnson), Jamie Yeates (Slytherin Quidditch Captain Marcus Flint), Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick), Violet Columbus (Girl with Flowers), Peter Taylor (Man – Moving Picture), Luke Youngblood (Lee Jordan), Scot Fearn (Adrian Pucey), David Holmes (Adrian Pucey), David Massam (Slytherin Beater #2), Tony Christian (Slytherin Beater #3), David Churchyard (Slytherin Keeper), Gemma Jones (Madam Pomfrey), Shirley Henderson (Moaning Myrtle), Edward Randell (Justin Finch-Fletchley), Sally Mortemore (Madam Irma Pince), Louis Doyle (Ernie MacMillan), Charlotte Skeoch (Hannah Abbott), Brendan Columbus (Boy in Study Hall 1), Robert Ayres (Boy in Study Hall 2), Alfred Burke (Professor Armando Dippet), Leslie Phillips (The Sorting Hat), Helen Stuart (Millicent Bulstrode), Daisy Bates (Brunette Lady – Moving Picture), David Tysall (Count – Moving Picture), Christian Coulson (Tom Marvolo Riddle), Martin Bayfield (Young Rubeus Hagrid), Robert Hardy (Cornelius Fudge), Julian Glover (Aragog), Les Bubb (Reader), Adrian Rawlins (James Potter), Geraldine Somerville (Lily Potter)
- Country: UK / USA / Germany
- Language: English
- Runtime: 161 min
- Aka: Incident on 57th Street
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