Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Starring:
- Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, (more)
- Director(s):
- Chris Columbus
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Family & Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Youthful wizard Harry Potter returns to the screen in this, the second film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's wildly popular series of novels for young people. Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) return for a second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where Headmaster Dumbledore (Richard Harris), Professor Snape (Alan Rickman), Professor McGonagall (Maggie Smith), and Hagrid the Giant (Robbie Coltrane) are joined by new faculty members Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh), a self-centered expert in Defense against the Dark Arts, and Sprout (Miriam Margolyes), who teaches Herbology. However, it isn't long before Harry and company discover something is amiss at Hogwarts: Students are petrified like statues, threats are written in blood on the walls, and a deadly monster is on the loose. It seems that someone has opened the mysterious Chamber of Secrets, letting loose the monster and all its calamitous powers. As Harry, Ron, and Hermione set out to find the secret chamber and slay the beast, speculation is rife that one of the heirs of Salazar Slytherin, the co-founder of the school, opened the chamber as a warning against the presence of "mudbloods" (magic-users of impure lineage) at the school -- and that the culprit may be fellow student Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets featured Richard Harris' second and final appearance as Headmaster Dumbledore; he died less than a month before the film was released in the United States. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 161 mins
Complete Cast:
- Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter
- Emma Watson - Hermione Granger
- Robbie Coltrane - Hagrid
- Warwick Davis - Professor Flitwick
- John Cleese - Nearly Headless Nick
- Alan Rickman - Severus Snape
- Maggie Smith - Minerva McGonagall
- Shirley Henderson - Moaning Myrtle
- Miriam Margolyes - Professor Sprout
- Toby Jones - Dobby the House Elf
- Tom Felton - Draco Malfoy
- Gemma Jones - Madam Pomfrey
- Chris Rankin - Percy Weasley
- Alfred Burke - Armando Dippet
- Rik Mayall - Peeves the Poltergeist
- Kathrin Nicholson - Pansy Parkinson
- Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley
- Kenneth Branagh - Gilderoy Lockhart
- Richard Harris - Albus Dumbledore
- Richard Griffiths - Vernon Dursley
- Jason Isaacs - Lucius Malfoy
- Fiona Shaw - Petunia Dursley
- Julie Walters - Mrs. Weasley
- Julian Glover - Aragog the Spider
- Mark Williams - Mr. Weasley
- Bonnie Wright - Ginny Weasley
- David Bradley - Argus Filch
- Christian Coulson - Tom Riddle
- Sean Biggerstaff - Oliver Wood
- Robert Hardy - Cornelius Fudge
- Matthew Lewis - Neville Longbottom
- Director(s):
- Chris Columbus
- Writer(s):
- Steve Kloves
- Producer(s):
- David Heyman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Excellent For Children, Scary Moments)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family & Kids
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- 2003 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Live Action Family Film
- 2003 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Score
