Description
The movie is about Harry Potter and his friends going to the Tri Wizard Tournament. There is a plot to kill Harry, and Hermione finds a man she likes.
Adults who may have been turned off by the more kid-friendly
elements of the first two Potter films should sit up and cheer;
this fourth installment of Harry's adventures at the magic school
of Hogwarts is more mature and darker than its immediate
predecessor. This year, Hogwarts is hosting the Tri Wizard
festival, and there may be a plot afoot to off Potter (Daniel
Radcliffe) during the proceedings. Hermione (Emma Watson) finds a
man worthy of her in competing Russian Quidditch champion Viktor
Krum (Stanislav Ivaneski), to the chagrin of Ron Weaselly (Rupert
Grint) who, though growing into a fine, shaggy orange-haired figure
of a lad, is still not quite mature enough to ask Hermione to the
Yule ball. Krum's teacher may be involved in the dastardly
get-Harry plot, which involves writhing snake tattoos, skull
clouds, death-eaters, tournaments with live dragons, a submersible
schooner, and a competing school of poised and beautiful girls run
by Maxime (Frances De La Tour), who shares a romantic past with
gamekeeper Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane). All the other favourites of
the series are back as well, including Alan Rickman, Michael
Gambon, Maggie Smith, and Gary Oldman, with Timothy Spall as the
odious Wormtail, while a new addition to the A-list thespian roster
is Ralph Fiennes. Director Mike Newell takes plenty of time to
explore character development, but the story still gallops along at
a breathless pace, with memorably intense moments involving
fire-spewing dragons, dark magical rites, and near-drownings at the
hands of slimy mer-people, all of which may prove too much for the
youngest of viewers. Everyone else is advised to hold on tight.
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