Age Range: Ages 13 and up
Genre: Fantasy/Drama/Adventure
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: July 11, 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Movie Trailer
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Official Synopsis
It has been a long, lonely summer for Harry Potter as he awaits his fifth year of study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's bad enough that he must endure living with the odious Dursleys, but he hasn't received even a note from his classmates and closest friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. And there has not been any word from anyone in the aftermath of his confrontation with the evil Lord Voldemort. The letter that does arrive is not the kind for which he was hoping--pronouncing that Harry is about to be expelled from Hogwarts for illegally using magic outside of school and in the presence of a Muggle, namely his obnoxious cousin, Dudley. Never mind that it was in defense against an unprovoked and inexplicable attack by two Dementors.
Harry's only hope is to defend himself at what amounts to hardly more than a kangaroo court orchestrated by the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, who has his own reasons for wanting the young wizard to be gone for good. Much to Fudge's chagrin, Harry is acquitted - thanks largely to the intervention of Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore - but his return to Hogwarts is, for the first time, apprehensive and uncomfortable. Harry has learned that much of the wizarding community has been led to believe that the story of the teenager's recent encounter with Voldemort is an outright lie, putting Harry's integrity in question.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Note to Parents
Although Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is rated PG-13, the movie is covered on the KidsTVMovies website due to the fact that it is one that kids will be very interested in seeing. Like the book series, the movies grow increasingly dark and contain more mature subject matter as the characters grow and mature. Both the fourth and fifth Harry Potter movies are PG-13, whereas the previous movies were only PG. For more detailed information on the content and themes in the movie, see the parental review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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