Harry Potter's (Daniel Radcliffe) third year at Hogwarts starts off badly when he learns deranged killer Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from Azkaban prison and is bent on murdering the teenage wizard. While Hermione's (Emma Watson) cat torments Ron's (Rupert Grint) sickly rat, causing a rift among the trio, a swarm of nasty Dementors is sent to protect the school from Black. A mysterious new teacher helps Harry learn to defend himself, but what is his secret tie to Sirius Black?

• Rating:

  PG (Frightening Moments|Creature Violence|Mild Language)

• Genre:

  Fantasy, Adventure

• Original Language:

  English

• Director:

  Alfonso Cuarón

• Producer:

  Chris Columbus, David Heyman, Mark Radcliffe

• Writer:

  J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves

• Runtime:

  2h 21m

“Cuarn's Prisoner of Azkaban, while a touch less faithful to the details of Rowling's oeuvre, captures far better its mood, the constant sense of wondrous discovery and lurking danger.”

– Christopher Orr, The New Republic

“This Potter is terse, swift, sad -- and welcome.”

– Antonia Quirke, London Evening Standard

“Cuarn brought to the Potter franchise a quality curiously missing from the two previous films: magic.”

– Christopher Orr, The Atlantic