So, we’ve
made it to the fourth film, the first one to get a 12 (the UK equivalent of a PG-13
rating) in the UK. Why the change now? Partly it’s because of much darker
content that more-or-less begins with this movie. Partly, and I’m only
theorising here, is the introduction of a law in the UK that changed the 12
rating in cinemas to 12A, allowing children under the age of 12 to see such
movies, providing they’re accompanied by an adult.
But that’s
politics, we also have our third new director, Mike Newell after the director
of the third movie Alfonso Cuarón denied stepping up for another movie. The
movie was given a $150m budget and its performance was an improvement over the
third, $896.9m earned in the box office. Critics enjoyed the movie, 88% rotten
tomatoes rating and 81 on metacritic, for all that matters, it’s time to give
my view.
