If you have a tween in your family, Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince will teach them everything about puberty that
public school didn’t. The sixth movie in the series is no longer
wholesome family fun; instead it’s filled with innuendo (Dumbledore’s
wand is made of anal beads) and tips on how to get with your best
friend’s younger sister (Harry Potter, you naughty boy). After all,
Harry and his friends have reached the confusing age where witches use
love potions for seduction. Hormones aside, the Harry Potter cast’s (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson) acting is much
better than in any of the other movies. Still, this flick will make you
nostalgic for high school, when The Catcher in the Rye was the standard cure for angst.
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This article appears in Jul 16-22, 2009.
Stunning cinematography, and a vast improvement in performance from all the actors, but the script and the pacing were way off…still, the best one since Prisoner of Azkaban!