Most of The Half-Blood Prince is unconcerned with questions about the nature and genesis of evil, and it's not until the last half-hour that we're treated to an old-school metaphysical showdown. Our simple sense of familiarity with these actors, and the goodwill they've built up over the course of the series, stands in for some of the character development that's missing from The Half-Blood Prince. That's an unusual privilege in the movies, where the process of maturation is usually represented by the replacement of younger actors with older ones who vaguely resemble them. Like Michael Apted's 7Up films, which track a group of British schoolchildren from youth through middle age, the Potter series has allowed us to watch as three children, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson (playing, respectively: Harry his best friend, Ron Weasley and their almost-but-never-quite love interest Hermione Granger) grow from sweet-faced 11-year-olds to rangy young adults. At two hours and 33 minutes, this latest installment, directed by David Yates (who helmed the last film and who has bravely signed on for the duration of the franchise), gives the viewer ample downtime to reflect on the true wizardry the Potter movies have to offer.
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