The Stranger, July 12th, 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
dir. David Yates
Settling in at Hogwarts for a year of preparation for the high-stakes OWL exams, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe, looking clean-cut and gawky, with Equus pecs) is thoroughly distracted. He suffers from nightmares, indicated by a sweaty montage of clenched jaws and hokey surrealist imagery. He's being persecuted by the judicial arm of the Ministry of Magic, a solemn assembly of men and women in robes and Renaissance hats. And he has a crush on a girl, who, as it turns out, couldn't be more starry-eyed and obliging.
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