Now aged 14 and starting his fourth year at Hogwarts, young wizard Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) faces a daunting challenge after being mysteriously entered into the Triwizard Tournament – a magic tournament between three well-known rival schools of magic: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons Academy, and the Durmstrang Institute.
As part of the Olympic-style tournament, the competitors must find the Triwizard Cup, hidden somewhere within a maze shrouded in a perma-mist. Dumbledore ominously advises the challengers that “people change in the maze.”
It isn’t long before bad things start to happen, with Fleur Delacour (Clémence Poésy) being stunned and pulled into the hedges, and Viktor Krum (Stanislav Ianevski) cursed, compelled to torture Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson).
We later discover all of this is happening to orchestrate Harry’s win, but his morals prevail, and he helps Cedric take the joint victory with him.
As Harry and Cedric lift the cup, they find it has been replaced with a “portkey”, transporting them to a graveyard and coming face-to-face with Peter Pettigrew (Timothy Spall) and Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), where Cedric is callously killed by Pettigrew (aka Wormtail), leaving Harry to witness the horror of Voldemort’s return in bodily form as he is tortured by the Dark Lord.
The imaginative set pieces more than compensate for Radcliffe’s anaemic performance, and among the treats are a brilliantly rendered dragon and some creepy mermaids (reinvented here as wild-haired and sharp-toothed monsters).
British director Mike Newell stamps his mark on the movie – aided by the introduction of many new and beloved characters, including Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum, Cedric Diggory, Professor “Mad-Eye” Moody (Brendan Gleeson), Rita Skeeter (Miranda Richardson), and Barty Crouch Jr. (David Tennant) – making Hogwarts seem like the most fabulous school ever.
Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe Hermione Granger
Emma Watson Ron Weasley
Rupert Grint Draco Malfoy
Tom Felton Albus Dumbledore
Michael Gambon Rubeus Hagrid
Robbie Coltrane Severus Snape
Alan Rickman Sirius Black
Gary Oldman Neville Longbottom
Matthew Lewis Frank Bryce
Eric Sykes Argus Filch
David Bradley Minerva McGonagall
Maggie Smith Wormtail/Peter Pettigrew
Timothy Spall Barty Crouch Junior
David Tennant Barty Crouch
Roger Lloyd Pack Arthur Weasley
Mark Williams Fred Weasley
James Phelps George Weasley
Oliver Phelps Ginny Weasley
Bonnie Wright Amos Diggory
Jeff Rawle Cedric Diggory
Robert Pattinson Lucius Malfoy
Jason Isaacs Viktor Krum
Stanislav Yanevski Cornelius Fudge
Robert Hardy Cho Chang
Katie Leung Nigel
William Melling Seamus Finnigan
Devon Murray Padma Patil
Afshan Azad Parvati Patil
Shefali Chowdhury Filius Flitwick
Warwick Davis Madame Olympe Maxime
Frances de la Tour Gabrielle Delacour
Angelica Mandy Fleur Delacour
Clémence Poésy Igor Karkaroff
Predrag Bjelac Karkaroff’s Aide
Tolga Safer Alastor ‘MadEye’ Moody
Brendan Gleeson Dean Thomas
Alfred Enoch Ernie MacMillan
Louis Doyle Vincent Crabbe
Jamie Waylett Gregory Goyle
Josh Herdman Hannah Abbott
Charlotte Skeoch Rita Skeeter
Miranda Richardson Angelina Johnson
Tiana Benjamin Roger Davies
Henry Lloyd-Hughes Moaning Myrtle
Shirley Henderson Lord Voldemort
Ralph Fiennes James Potter
Adrian Rawlins Lily Potter
Geraldine Somerville
Director
Mike Newell
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It isn’t long before bad things start to happen, with Fleur Delacour (Clémence Poésy) being stunned and pulled into the hedges, and Viktor Krum (Stanislav Ianevski) cursed, compelled to torture Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson).
British director Mike Newell stamps his mark on the movie – aided by the introduction of many new and beloved characters, including Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum, Cedric Diggory, Professor “Mad-Eye” Moody (Brendan Gleeson), Rita Skeeter (Miranda Richardson), and Barty Crouch Jr. (David Tennant) – making Hogwarts seem like the most fabulous school ever.
