Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005 Fantasy

Directed by Mike Newell, the fourth installment to the Harry Potter series finds Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) wondering why his legendary scar -- the famous result of a death curse gone wrong -- is aching in pain, and perhaps even causing mysterious visions. Before he can think too much about it, however, Harry boards the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical education. Shortly after his reunion with his best friends, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), Harry is introduced to yet another Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher: the grizzled Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson), a former dark wizard catcher who agreed to take on the infamous "DADA" professorship as a personal favor to Headmaster Dumbledore (Michael Gambon). Of course, Harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson), as Hogwarts' representative in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skillfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizard community. As difficult as it is to deal with his schoolwork, friendships, and the tournament at the same time (not to mention his feelings toward the ever unfathomable Professor Snape (Alan Rickman), Harry doesn't realize that the most feared wizard in the world, Lord Voldemort, is anticipating the tournament, as well. more..

Director: Mike Newell

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane,Ralph Fiennes

Reviews

  • The best one yet.

    Kirk Honeycutt - The Hollywood Reporter

    11 May 2013

  • It's not until Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that a film has successfully re-created the sense of stirring magical adventure and engaged, edge-of-your-seat excitement that has made the books such an international phenomenon.

    Kenneth Turan - Los Angeles Times

    11 May 2013

  • The studio, like plucky Harry, passes with flying colors. The new one, directed by Mike Newell from another astute script by Mr. Kloves, is even richer and fuller, as well as dramatically darker. It's downright scary how good this movie is.

    Joe Morgenstern - The Wall Street Journal

    11 May 2013

  • The film is more violent, less cute than the others, but the action is not the mindless destruction of a video game; it has purpose, shape and style.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    11 May 2013

  • With the cast getting looser and the mind games kinkier, it's hard to resist.

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    11 May 2013

Awards

  • Top Box Office Films

    ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards (2006)

  • Best Achievement in Art Direction

    Academy Awards (2006)

     
  • Best Costume

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2006)

     
  • David Barron

    Art Directors Guild (2012)

  • Best Production Design

    BAFTA Awards (2006)