Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Movie Review

“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” introduces quite a few new characters, and no one is disappointed! However, there are some alterations in the cast that we did not see coming — before getting to the gist of the review, one cast member that passed away before the shooting of the third Harry Potter movie, is none other than the beloved Dumbledore actor, Richard Harris.

Although the movie continues with another actor, Michael Gambon, Dumbledore is an integral part of the Harry Potter books. The new cast members include Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, David Thewlis as Remus Lupin, Emma Thompson as Sybil Trelawny, and of course Timothy Spall as Ron’s rat, Peter Pettigrew. 

The movie follows the same theme of the book, which shows how Harry left his uncle Vernon’s and Aunt Petunia’s house and goes to the Leaky Cauldron for the time before his new year at Hogwarts begins.

Throughout the movie he learns that Sirius Black was his father’s best friend and that he is the one who sold them out to the Dark Lord himself and that he has escaped from Azkaban to try and kill him as wello and finish the job.

By the end of the movie, however, with Harry, we find out that it was Ron’s rat, who is actually Peter Pettigrew that sold them out and blamed it on Sirius Black.