Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Tom Felton, Jason Isaacs

Directed by Chris Columbus

Rating: A

Another year older, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) returns for a difficult year at Hogwarts. When Dobby the house elf (Toby Jones) warns Harry he must not return to school, Dobby goes through great lengths to try and get Harry to leave. Hogwarts is his home, so Harry does not want to leave. However, on a few occasions he is caught at the wrong place and the wrong time. A bloody message is left on a wall alerting students that the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Half the school believes Harry is the heir of Slytherin and it didn't help his case when he unknowingly spoke Parsteltongue (snake language). Students are afraid for their lives as fellow students get petrified. It's up to Harry, Ron, and Hermione to figure out who opened the Chamber and how to save the rest of the school from Slytherin's "monster".

Another brilliant film from Chris Columbus, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets brought the magic back for another year. You can see that the young actors are improving. A chilling scene for instance is near the end when Lucius Malfoy (Jason Isaacs) tells Harry something like, "Let's just hope Mr. Potter will always be around to save the day." Harry replies, "Don't worry. I will be," which was chilling because the scene had been improvised and Radcliffe was not aware that was going to happen. Again, the cinematography was similar to the first movie. The Chamber of Secrets was really neat looking and Slytherin's "monster" was just as realistic looking. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets did not disappoint.