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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... read more read more... 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. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: March 7, 2006

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  • March 19, 2012
    Pretty good
  • February 10, 2012
    Nice try, but it deviates much too much from how HP should be, while its predecessors were intense, this one is intensely comical. In a good way it was entertaining, but certainly not how I'd like it to be.
  • February 10, 2012
    First PG-13 film in the Harry Potter series is extremely unfaithful to the source novel, but it does not skip every single detail and leave slight plot remaining a la JUMPER, per se. We could see that the author's dark twist in the saga was being made an omen by the third entry.... read more Now it's time to rev it up around five notches.

    The best thing (or worst thing, some might say) about HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE is that it marks the first flesh-and-bone appearance of Lord Voldemort. Even by the fourth entry, we don't know a great deal about him, but we know enough for a seven-part saga (with the seventh part broken into two). We know that he is still after Harry Potter, the boy who survived the night Voldemort murdered his parents and attempted to murder him (in case you aren't familiar with the story, which is a pity if you don't know that much).

    Still, this has solid acting and pulse-pounding fantasy scenes. A lot of us fear corn mazes, and near the end, there is an intense, blink-and-you're-dead-type, magical corn maze. Wow.
  • December 20, 2011
    Decent installment.
  • November 2, 2011
    After Azkaban, it was clear that this series was getting darker and more mature with each installment. It isn't as artfully realized and beautiful as Cuaron's vision of the Potter universe, but what Newell lacks in that area he more than makes up for in pure thrills and fun. Gobl... read moreet is a great time and the actors/actresses involved just kept getting better. Great supporting cast as well.
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    October 25, 2011
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    Another great installment in the Harry Potter film series, The Goblet of Fire was quite an amazing flick and provided us, for the first time on screen, with the children as young adults. However, the film offers very little in comparison to the novel its adapted from and leaves ... read moreout many of the sub plots found in the book and much of its depth, If only this and Order of the Phoenix had been long films like the Deathly Hallows movies, then perhaps they would have been perfect.
  • October 25, 2011
    In my opinion the most interesting in the series of Harry Potter, must be the competition and tensity o the film.
  • September 20, 2011
    Probably the best one in the series. Time to watch it again.
  • August 5, 2011
    I find this entry in the series to be a bit of a curiosity. It's a step down from the extraordinary entry before it, but it isn't altogether bad. It just feels a bit lopsided in a narrative sense. The front half of the film is loaded with character development while the the other... read more half is story development. These things usually go hand in hand, but not in the case. They feel very much seperate in this film, and as a result, the film doesn't work as well it should. There's a lot of good stuff going on, but not in a very strong narrative way. The film's real strengths are its score (which is the series' best thus far) and the introduction of Voldemorte. To sum it all up, the overall product is good without being great, and the series could do with a revamp... hence the sequels that would soon follow when director David Yates took the series over.
  • August 1, 2011
    The second best in the series and one of the most chilling and greatest fantasy films ever made, truly amazing. In his fouth year, Voldemorts followers have attacked the Quidditch World Cup, Harry goes to school and discover a legendary tournament will be held at their school, t... read morehe Tri Wizard Cup. When someone puts Harrys name in the Goblet of Fire, he is forced into the deadly tournament at too young a age, and nobody believes he didn't do it. Harry must face dragons, mermaids, a deadly maze, and the return of the most evil wizard ever. It had an incredible plot that really tests the tension and the teenage problems of our heroes. The effects in the Goblet of Fire are truly Oscar worthy, they created an entire Dragon scene flying around Hogwarts, then an entire underwater battle against evil mermaids, and then a deadly murderous maze that was scary as sh!t, and finally the beginning of the war begins with a awesome wizrd duel against Harry and Voldemort. This movie was not for children fans of Harry Potter, but I think the maturity is what made it better. the music is just as Oscar worthy and great as the final HP film, and the music at the final battle is monumental. So if you like dragons, killer mermaids, demonic mazes, and a chilling final ending, go see this film, espically if your a HP fan.

Critic Reviews


J. R. Jones
June 27, 2011
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

A marked disappointment after Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, this fourth installment in the franchise is a 157-minute holding pattern. Full Review

Anthony Lane
November 21, 2005
Anthony Lane, New Yorker

[Newell] cannot do much about the slightly tired sadism that is creeping into the cracks of the Potter franchise.

Richard Roeper
November 21, 2005
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

The special effects are first rate but I think it's always going to be about the characters. And they're great characters. Full Review

David Edelstein
November 21, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate

It's always a treat to see what big-studio-franchise cash can produce in the way of top-flight British (and Irish) actors. Full Review

Peter Howell
November 18, 2005
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

Screenwriter Kloves deserves a tip of the wizard's hat for cutting Rowling's immense tome (636 pages) down to size, and for keeping the story moving despite a surfeit of characters and incidents. Full Review

Richard Corliss
November 18, 2005
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

Not just an efficient babysitter but a wizard of a movie. Full Review

Roger Moore
November 18, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Wait a minute. Sequels aren't supposed to get better. Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
November 18, 2005
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Newell deftly mixes in sweet teenage angst and lighter moments of physical humor. Full Review

Robert Denerstein
November 18, 2005
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

This edition advances the Potter saga through the presentation of a variety of set pieces, some quite spectacular. And if the movie sometimes loses momentum, it contains enough grand sights and magica...

(CNN.com) Paul Clinton
November 18, 2005
(CNN.com) Paul Clinton, CNN.com

Frankly, the entire film felt like the cinematic version of Hamburger Helper -- too little meat trying to do too much. Full Review

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Facts


    • Ron Weasley: You're fraternising with the enemy.
    • Hermione Granger: The enemy? Who was it wanting his autograph?
    • Ron Weasley: [discussing inviting dates to the Yule Ball] This is mad! At this rate, we'll be the only ones in our year without dates! Well, us and Neville.
    • Harry Potter: [laughing] Yeah, but then again he could take himself.
    • Hermione Granger: It might interest you to know that Neville's already got someone.
    • Ron Weasley: What? Now I'm really depressed. Oi, Hermione... you're a girl.
    • Hermione Granger: [haughtily] Very well spotted.
    • Ron Weasley: Come with one of us! It's one thing for a bloke to show up alone, but for a girl it's just sad.
    • Hermione Granger: [angrily] I won't be going alone, because believe it or not, someone's asked me! And I said yes! [exits]
    • Lord Voldemort: I can touch you... now!
    • Lord Voldemort: I want to see your face when I kill you.
    • Hermione Granger: You'll remember to write every week, won't you?
    • Ron Weasley: You know I won't.
    • Harry Potter: You'll remember Harry, won't you?
    • Harry Potter: Yeah, every week.
    • Harry Potter: Never gonna let him forget this are you?
    • Freed Weasley: Never.
    • George Weasley: Never.

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  • In which movie did Neville Longbottom think he killed Harry Potter?  Answer »
  • In Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire what did Harry and cedric grab onto that transported them to the cemetary? (hint. someone turned it into a portkey)  Answer »
  • In which Harry Potter movie will you hear the phrase "Come seek us where our voices sound, We cannot sing above the ground, And while you're searching, ponder this: We've taken what you'll sorely miss..."?   Answer »
  • In Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire, what helps Harry breathe underwater for the second triwizard tournament task?  Answer »

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