“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” – Perhaps the most challenging book of J.K. Rowling’s series to adapt, “Phoenix” ends up being the best “Potter” movie so far. The cinematography is rich and dark (starting with an evocative Dementor attack on Harry), it moves at a brisk clip, it welcomes back old favorites like Sirius Black and it leads up to a blockbuster Voldemort-vs.-Dumbledore finale. Plus, Imelda Staunton brings the student-torturing Umbridge to disturbing life.
– John Hansen, Brainerd Dispatch, Dec. 27, 2007
John’s “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” flashback review, Jan. 9, 2018