Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)

All Critics (279) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (269) | Rotten (10) | DVD (10)

Fiennes and Rickman get the actorly moments they've been building toward for so long, and the film is most fun when it sticks to mechanics: roller coaster rides, battle scenes, close calls.

January 4, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Top Critic

In the 10 years since Harry's first big- screen close-up, the spell has never been broken. And we Muggles have been made better for the magic.

July 15, 2011 Full Review | Comments (35)

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Top Critic

It's a pleasant irony that, just as the first installments of Rowling's oeuvre were better suited to page than screen, the final installments have reversed the relationship.

July 15, 2011 Full Review | Comments (38)

Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

Top Critic

When the movie was over, a young boy sitting behind me said, "That was great!" He was satisfied, and rightly so.

July 15, 2011 Full Review | Comments (33)

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

This is the way The Harry Potter saga was meant to end.

July 14, 2011 Full Review | Comments (11)

Laremy Legel

Film.com

Top Critic

Fasten your seat belts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2is an emotional roller-coaster ride.

July 14, 2011 Full Review | Comments (18)

Nancy Churnin

Dallas Morning News

Top Critic

It's a fight to the death, as good and evil whip out their wands and cross swords amid the ruins of what used to be the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

May 26, 2013 Full Review

Al Alexander

The Patriot Ledger

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is a bittersweet parting for the Boy Who Lived, an excellent finale for the popular boy wizard who has captured the hearts of so many people.

March 2, 2013 Full Review

Will Chadwick

We Got This Covered

Passable, well-acted, but not one of the best films of the series.

January 13, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

The movie ... manages to be a worthy ending to what has become one of the greatest film franchises ever released.

September 25, 2012 Full Review

Matt Looker

TheShiznit.co.uk

Part 2 ends up being a worthy note for this decade-long franchise to go out on with a satisfying conclusion to bid farewell to these enduring characters.

September 19, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

What truly unifies this ten-year, eight-film saga is the sense of kinship with its lead trio of young wizards.

April 8, 2012 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Ending the light fantastic

March 2, 2012 Full Review

S. James Wegg

JWR

A wonderfully rich adaptation of the final book's last act, but the central focus on the three leads might leave some fans disappointed, especially those seeking a more thorough adaptation.

January 29, 2012 Full Review

R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

For the most part, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II picks up right where Part I, the franchise's shining beacon on a hill, leaves off.

January 13, 2012 Full Review

Gabe Leibowitz

Film and Felt

It all ends. And to be sure, it's a fitting end for the storied franchise.

January 4, 2012 Full Review | Comments (2)

Jonathan W. Hickman

Paste Magazine

Deeply moving and perfectly phrased at every turn, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 bids adieu to a little piece of history in first-class style, and a beautifully heavy heart.

January 4, 2012 Full Review

Katherine Monk

Vancouver Sun

For the most part, the final movie delivers the combination of emotional intensity and rousing battle sequences befitting the end of a phenomenon that evolved from an unexpectedly popular children's book series to an era unto itself.

January 3, 2012 Full Review

Tracie Cooper

TV Guide's Movie Guide

From any perspective-technical, emotional, storytelling-"Deathly Hallows: Part 2" is a smashing success.

December 28, 2011 Full Review

Greg Maki

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

While swept up in the desperate search for Horcruxes, Yates allows us to feel once more as though we are very much in the middle of things, but, alas, it was a trick and a false hope, because in the end...it was, irrevocably, THE END.

December 23, 2011 Full Review

Jordan Hiller

Bangitout.com

This is exactly what you would expect - a perfect and exciting ending for those who have been following the franchise. Those who couldn't care less probably stopped reading ages ago.

December 13, 2011 Full Review

Laurence Boyce

The Baltic Times

It makes a fitting conclusion to a series that most of the film-going public has been following for over a decade.

November 6, 2011 Full Review | Comments (4)

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Even contrarians for whom the incredibly popular series has been an uneven road will admit that in this final stop, a team of talented filmmakers have saved their best for last.

October 20, 2011 Full Review

Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

An emotional, have-a-hanky-handy experience for many viewers as characters they've come to know, love and care about make their collective exit.

September 8, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Neil Pond

American Profile

Deathly Hallows Part 2's most evocative moments generally have him thinking about death, not just his own, but also others'.

September 8, 2011 Full Review | Comments (89)

Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters

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