Harry Potter and the Deathly Yawns Part One (2010 David Yates)

Has a good beginning (several Harry Potters attacked in the air) and ending (at Bellatrix Lestrange's), but the rest is dull (apart from Ben Hibon's still stunning animation). It's another over-inflated film (seem to be a lot of these at the moment), and some of the more interesting material - Harry finding the sword - seems badly handled; Harry and Hermione dancing - sweet, but cut it.

Talking of that animation - which should on its own have won some kind of award - my favourite bit is the brother who's hanged himself, and then Death pulls him up out of the ?set like he's a marionette - which does link to Q's earlier, splendid thought that the inspiration may have been Sicilian puppet theatre.

Good things are: Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, new Stuart Craig sets, Dobbie, Helena Bonham Carter's superb villainy, beautiful Eduardo Serra photography and Alexandre Desplat music... and the way all of Hermione's jump places are her family's English holiday sites.