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Name: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Director: David Yates
Genre: adventure, fantasy
Released: 2009
Duration: 2 h 33 min
Rating: 7.6

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has an iRankMovies score of 78.4/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Dark secrets revealed.

Release:2009

Runtime:2h 33m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:David Yates

Language:English

Genre

AdventureFantasy

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Keywords

witchDying And DeathLondon England magicSchool Of WitchcraftSequelApparitioncurse

iRank78

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.6/10· 654K votes

Rotten Tomatoes83%

Metacritic78%

TMDb7.68/10· 21K votes

With 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.6/10 on IMDb and 78/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.

Cast of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Daniel Radcliffe
as Harry Potter
Rupert Grint
as Ron Weasley
Emma Watson
as Hermione Granger
Jim Broadbent
as Horace Slughorn
Michael Gambon
as Albus Dumbledore
Tom Felton
as Draco Malfoy
Alan Rickman
as Severus Snape
Bonnie Wright
as Ginny Weasley
Jessie Cave
as Lavender Brown
Evanna Lynch
as Luna Lovegood
Freddie Stroma
as Cormac McLaggen
Robbie Coltrane
as Rubeus Hagrid

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince facts

Budget: $250M
Box office: $934M
Collection: Harry Potter Collection

Our take on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The sixth chapter of David Yates's wizarding cycle, from 2009, is a darker, more inward fantasy adventure in which Dumbledore begins readying Harry for his final confrontation with Voldemort while Death Eaters bring chaos to both Muggle and Wizard worlds. Where earlier films leaned on schoolyard wonder, this one trades in dread, adolescent romance and hard revelations, using Hogwarts less as playground than as a place under quiet siege. It is very much a bridge in an ongoing story, so first-timers should watch the preceding films. For those already invested, it deepens the mood and stakes ahead of the two-part finale.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Young adult fantasy balances coming-of-age with serious dark themes
•Curse mythology deepens franchise lore and character stakes considerably
•Dramatic performances elevate the material beyond typical franchise installment