A small girl is lifted by unseen forces and slammed, hard, into the ground.We’re firmly in the realm of English horror.”Īccording to the press notes, the film earned its rating with “scary images, some violence, language, and mild sensuality.” And all of those things were in there! In Harry Potter 6, we see the following ( SPOILER ALERT!): As New York’s David Edelstein says in his review this week, “It’s not a larky kid-pic. the same studio behind Dark Knight - was able to get away with. But we saw it at a screening last night and were once again impressed with everything Warner Bros. Potterphiles plotzed in January when Half-Blood Prince was branded with a PG, even after the last two entries in the series were given PG-13s. We think the analogy works (so far!), and for an additional reason: Do you remember walking out of Dark Knight (PG-13) this week last year and asking yourself how it managed to sneak past the MPAA without a more restrictive rating? Get ready to wonder the same thing about Harry Potter. VanAirsdale considered the reviews, release date, Oscar prospects, and probable grosses for this week’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and boldly concluded that the film would be the Dark Knight of 2009.
