Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
May 31, 2004 in theaters
Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts is overshadowed by the escape of convicted murderer Sirius Black from Azkaban Prison and the dementors stationed to protect the school. The film deepens the franchise's world and introduces its most morally layered mysteries, shifting the series toward a darker register.
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"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."
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Alfonso Cuaron gave each lead actor a homework assignment: write an essay about their character from a first-person perspective.
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The film that made the series artistically serious. A new visual language -- more grounded, more textured, more emotionally complex -- signals that the franchise is growing with its audience rather than staying fixed for them. The time-travel mechanics are handled with unusual elegance, and Gary Oldman and David Thewlis give the material the weight it needed. The point at which Harry Potter stopped being a children's film series and became something harder to categorize.
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