Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The gang are all back for the third Potter film apart from director Chris Columbus who stepped a side to be replaced by Alfonso Cuaron and Richard Harris who died, his part is now played by Michael Gambon. The aforementioned prisoner has escaped and is on the loose looking for young Mr Potter.
This film maintains the same high production standards of the previous entries despite a change of director which appears to be fairly seamless. There are some really interesting elements to this film such as the nature of werewolves, how one might escape from a magical prison and how being in prison for twelve years for something you did not do might affect someone however these are largely untouched upon as they do not involve the children directly. In the end this is an acceptable entry into the franchise but it does feel like a lot of good opportunities were passed up.
3/5
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