Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

Not Recommended

USA/UK

Feature Film

Original Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Director: Chris Columbus

Writers: Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling

Cinematographer: John Seale

Composer: John Williams

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Ian Hart, Tom Felton

After living the first eleven years of his life with his non-magical aunt and uncle, following the death of his witch mother and wizard father, Harry Potter, unaware of his mystical heritage, is whisked off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he is soon making new friends and enemies, and getting into various scrapes and adventures, in this amiable, mildly diverting adaptation of Rowling’s popular children’s book. Iain.Stott