There, he's joined by his friends and fellow students Ron Weasley (RUPERT GRINT) and Hermione Granger (EMMA WATSON), and sees the school's regulars, such as the friendly groundskeeper, Rubeus Hagrid (ROBBIE COLTRANE), rival student Draco Malfoy (TOM FELTON) and the stern Professor Snape (ALAN RICKMAN).
New to the school are professors Sybil Trelawney (EMMA THOMPSON) and Professor Lupin (DAVID THEWLIS), who has taken over the leadership role of Defense of the Arts. Harry will need his help as he's learned that murderer Sirius Black (GARY OLDMAN) has escaped from the Azkaban prison. Supposedly responsible for the deaths of Harry's parents, it's reported that he's making his way toward Hogwarts and is after Harry.
With Azkaban's ghoulish and dangerous Dementor sentries patrolling the school's perimeter, Harry learns new things about his past as he and the others prepare for Black's arrival.
That includes characters seeing and interacting with various menacing looking beings and monsters, close calls with menacing characters, supernatural events and various locales that appear foreboding, dangerous or simply scary.
Some brief fighting and threatening is present (with some slightly bloody results), along with a battle between a wolf and a werewolf, while some of those menacing beings try to suck the faces and/or souls from various characters. Some bad attitudes are present, while some tense family moments include a boy dealing with his mean relatives and there's some talk of his parents being killed when he was young.
Profanity consists of a handful of minor expletives, while some colorful phrases and brief crude humor are present. A few characters also drink. If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
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(2004) (Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson) (PG)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Mild
Mild
Heavy
*Extreme
Mild
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Moderate
Mild
Extreme
None
Minor
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Minor
None
Mild
Moderate
Moderate
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Reviewed May 23, 2004 / Posted June 4, 2004
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