
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Dark secrets revealed.
2009 • 153 min • Adventure · Fantasy
Synopsis
Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.
Our family guide
Best from age 10- 100 Reviewers · 5 · 65%
- 77 Audience · 21015 · 35%
As Voldemort's power grows, Harry and Dumbledore race to uncover his secrets through memories, while the wizarding world faces increasing darkness and danger. Hogwarts students also grapple with burgeoning romantic feelings and a mysterious textbook.
- Violence & peril
- 6/10
- Language
- 3/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 2/10
- Scary moments
- 7/10
Heads up
- Intense magical duels and dark magic
- Significant character death
- Some frightening imagery and suspenseful sequences
What it models well
- Friendship and loyalty
- Sacrifice for the greater good
- The importance of truth and knowledge
Talk about it after
- Coping with grief and loss
- Making difficult choices
- The dangers of obsession and power
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Top billed cast
Director: David Yates • Crew: Steve Kloves
Trailers & clips
The Trio Visit Hogsmeade
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Trailer 5
Trailer 4B
Trailer 3A
Teaser
Official Trailer
The Impending Death of Albus Dumbledore
Reviewer notes
RecommendedDavid Yates now really begins to take these stories to a new, potently darker level as "Harry" (Daniel Radcliffe) comes into possession of a book - formerly the property of the eponymous Prince. His skills increase exponentially and he soon begins to question whether he, himself, might be closer to the evil lord "Voldemort" than he had ever thought. The three principals are very much on the same wavelength now; th...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince may be the most mature film of the franchise with fantastic character development, but at the cost of action and a somewhat slow pace. The beginning of the film suffers from what a lot of these films do where the audience is taken from location to location, without any explanation as to why. It is difficult to follow at times, but it's a sacrifice that unfortunately has to...
RecommendedHas 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.
RecommendedHormones 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 su...
RecommendedThe 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 int...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.7/10 (21,015)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $250,000,000
- Box office
- $933,959,197
- Franchise
- Harry Potter Collection
- IMDb
- tt0417741
- Official site
- www.warnerbros.com

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