Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"Dark secrets revealed."

2009 2h 33m EN

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★7.7TMDB · 21,279

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Synopsis

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Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.

“Dark secrets revealed.”

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Cast

Daniel Radcliffe
Harry Potter
Rupert Grint
Ron Weasley
Emma Watson
Hermione Granger
Jim Broadbent
Horace Slughorn
Michael Gambon
Albus Dumbledore
Tom Felton
Draco Malfoy
Alan Rickman
Severus Snape
Bonnie Wright
Ginny Weasley

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Yates
Writers: Steve Kloves
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Budget of $250M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.7× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Harry Potter Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Yates, shot by Bruno Delbonnel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nicholas Hooper. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Yates directs. Bruno Delbonnel behind the camera. Nicholas Hooper scores. Mark Day cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Budget of $250M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.
3Made its money back 3.7× over at the box office.
4Released 17 years ago.
5International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
6Part of the "Harry Potter Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7Directed by David Yates, shot by Bruno Delbonnel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Nicholas Hooper. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Mark Day shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint and Emma Watson carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "Dark secrets revealed.".
12IMDB entry: tt0417741 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1321,279 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
14Classified under 20 themes, including "witch", "dying and death", "london, england", "based on novel or book".
15Released under 17 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
Original score: Nicholas Hooper
Editing: Mark Day
Production design: Stuart Craig
Costume design: Jany Temime
Makeup / hair: Paula Eden
VFX supervisor: Chris Shaw
Sound: Mike Dowson
Stunt coordinator: Greg Powell
Runtime: 153 min · 2h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $250,000,000
Box office: $933,959,197
Return: 374% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Awards

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain

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Part of

Harry Potter Collection

The Harry Potter films are a fantasy series based on the series of seven Harry Potter novels by British writer J. K. Rowling.

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John Chard2019-08-20
★ 6/10
Hormones over excitement as part six is merely an appetiser to the double billed closure to come. Death Eaters are running amok as Dumbledore has an important task for Harry and Voldermort has one for Draco; all set to the backdrop of raging adolescent hormones. While Harry also acquires a rather helpful book written by the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. Potter 6 is not as dark as the pre-release chattings suggested it would be. Yes there's the usual dark moments, including a shattering turn of events that sets it up nicely for the finale, but this instalment is mostly fun, gentle and even sexy. Harry, Ron & Hermione are more under threat from their own adolescent urges than they are from the swirl of a Death Eater or the appearance of one young & creepy Tom Riddle. This of course makes for good viewing to most of us who have grown with the characters, with the principal young actors having nicely grown into said characters. But can it sustain a two and half hour running time? No it can't is the ass numbingly honest answer. There's some quality set-pieces including Quiddich (for a change) and a swamp attack by the Death Eaters, but by and large it's talky and breezy in equal measure. A filler Potter movie then, one that is far breezier than expected. Good but not great, but as a set up for the epic conclusion it hits all the right buttons. 6/10
John Chard2019-08-20
★ 6/10
The seventh installment, the appetiser. As the ultimate wizarding battle between good and evil draws ever closer, Harry, Hermione and Ron bunk off from Hogwarts to go search for the "Horcruxes" with which to halt the ever stronger Voldermort and his army, on the way they learn the importance of the Deathly Hallows artifacts. So this is the one that sees the comfort confines of Hogwarts left behind as our intrepid trio of best pals hit the mountains and forests in search of the tools to stop old snake face in his tracks. In what is ultimately a chase/escape movie, one where the characters have to fight not only a number of challenges that come their way, but also their new found in-fighting capabilities, Deathly Hallows 1 wonderfully dangles the carrot for the final series entry to come. But the overriding thoughts you come away with from it is that firstly it's not really that much fun, and secondly that it shouldn't have been a stand alone movie. Too much of it plods where exposition and padding strains to get the film through its near two and half hour running time. Without the hustle and bustle of Hogwarts, and the myriad of characters that reside within, film struggles to escape the over reliance on just three central characters and a ream of MacGuffins. While some of the comedy and tender moments fall flat because tone is firmly pitched at dark clouds a gathering. However, where it does reward is with the action sequences, with David Yates once again proving he's a considerable talent when it comes to directing such passages. New additions to the cast list feature Rhys Ifans, Peter Mulan and Bill Nighy, all welcome, and all sadly underused. As is the return of some older characters from earlier series entries (do you remember John Hurt was in the first film?!). While the thread involving the Ministry of Magic, and its nasty transformation into a Nazi like call for non-magical folk ethnic cleansing, is supremely adult and hits the nerves as it should do. Of the three principal young adult actors, it's still Emma Watson leading the way on ability, but alongside her, Radcliffe and Grint have earned our love and respect over the years for having to carry the weight of such expectation that has come with these roles. Fact is, is that now, having grown up with them and their characters for over ten years, we surely can accept them for not being multi ranged child actors. They have had to embody one character each for a decade, the range as such is the naturalism of aging through childhood like they have. Job done! Tension is high and the magical moments engage big time, but the draggy nature of the beast makes this a film purely working as an appetiser to something sure to be far bigger and better. 6/10
Gimly2020-08-12
★ 6/10
Has the quality direction of Order of the Phoenix but manages to separate itself from that movie by having a script that isn't shit. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.