Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) poster
2007 · fantasy · adventure · family

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Directed by David Yates2h 18m2007
ElsewhereIMDb7.5693kRT78%Metacritic71TMDB7.721k
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
  • inventive
Movie DNA

Sombre, kinetic, measured fantasy / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.

Our read · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive fantasy · adventure · family entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want to be gripped by young heroes training to fight rising evil.

ends bittersweetit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 18attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upchild perilgraphic violence

Skip it tonightYou want a self-contained story or lighter fantasy.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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