Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Extended Version)

2001 • 158 minutes

About this movie

Based on the wildly popular book by J.K. Rowling, nominated for three Academy Awards and ranked third highest in total worldwide box-office! Harry Potter is a young boy who, on his eleventh birthday, discovers that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and has unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his dreary life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he meets several friends who become his closest allies, and who help him solve the mystery of the Sorcerer's Stone! All-star cast includes Alan Rickman ("Galaxy Quest," "Dogma"), Oscar-nominated Richard Harris ("Gladiator," "Unforgiven"), Robbie Coltrane ("From Hell," "The World is Not Enough"), John Cleese ("Rat Race," TV's "Monty Python's Flying Circus"), Academy Award winner Maggie Smith ("Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," "Gosford Park"), Daniel Radcliffe ("The Tailor of Panama"), Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
MPAA Rating: PG Rated PG for some scary moments and mild language. HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights © JKR. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone & Package Design © 2001 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Ratings and reviews

The Sorcerer's Stone had an even bigger job of establishing the Harry Potter world from book to film as a whole. Setting up the entire series before it is even finished in book form was another challenge, and also whittling down a long story that couldn't leave much out (this changes as the book series goes on and as the third film demonstrates so admirably). Still, this first Harry Potter film does a wonderful job of doing all those things fairly well, and sets the stage for greater films to come. The child actors seem like different "little people" in this film compared to the later films, so this movie has more of the distinction of a children's film than the others (which is a good thing). The extended cut does little but add some more length onto an already lengthy film, although they do not detract at all.

Harry Potter books can be difficult reading cuz its so descriptive. This movie gives your child a jump start to imagining the World of Harry Potter. Than if you can hold back on the rest of the mother until they have read the book. For the most part One Book One movie. Does he have that kind of control over what your child watches by the movie's in a bundle. They will likely watch them all.

My life was scared and I didn't know what survival was till I saw this.. Harry potter is my friends luck. Anyways take my opinion with a grain of stupid berry otter