sonjalukic Inaccurate doesn't begin to explain the atrocity that this movie represents. I don't know who made it, but it was definitely not made by someone who have actually read the books, let alone can that person be called a fan. This has nothing to do with Harry Potter universe. The beginning with the girl zooming back and forth like Flash and playing wizard Counter Strike made watching it worse than being under a Cruciatus Curse. I couldn't even bear to watch until the end. Voldemort never had friends, not to mention love interest. The whole point of Harry's power over him is kind of the fact that Voldemort underestimated the power of love and never cared about anybody but himself. Moreover no one, or better said rarely people conected Voldemort with Tom Riddle, the modest ambitious student that he was considered back in school days.The only person that really did conect the dots back then was Dumbledore. Other fact is that he is this highly intelligent manipulative guy that knows how to play the right strings, and was adored by all professors except Dumbledore, not an angry teenager that snaps at people and reveals them his big plans for the future. No one except his chosen circle of what are after going to be Death Eaters had known that he is obsessed with pure blood. Also, why on earth would Russians have his diary? I didn't really expect this to be on point with all the details but this is so off tracks that not even a broom compass could fix it.

mirayyuce I can't find anything good to say about this... I would have stopped watching it at the beginning, but I did because I am fan.Storyline was awful, there was nothing newly created in the story, the shots were really bad, visual effects were mostly bad, acting was beyond horrible.I wish it was at least a good story so that I would support this movie....

RockoDaFoxxo I really wanted to like this, or at least find it interesting. I've been a Potterhead ever since I was a child and I always hope for the best whenever any new films, spinoffs, plays, etc. comes out. What was Voldemort's origin story? That's actually a pretty good idea for a side-story, so I hoped the filmmakers' will add some interesting twists to this question even if their work is amateurish.But nah. It practically told everything we already knew about.Even if you take the Harry Potter brand outside of this film, it's still pretty bad. A low budget and unknown actors shouldn't be your main source for criticism, sure, but poor execution is always hard to get past by. The story is convoluted and uninteresting, the acting (and dubbing) is poor, the dialogue is overripe, the characters (outside of a few exceptions) are two-dimensional. It's an amateurish production that's also a boring one.The cinematography, special effects, and lighting are actually competent and are almost worth being in your average Hollywood blockbuster. Some of the ideas are good. I liked the costumes and the very beginning. There was a lot of passion and hard-work behind the camera, and I will give credit there in an age of cynical, lazy cash-grabs.It really saddens me to leave such a harsh review on a Harry Potter-based story, and maybe I'm too narrow-minded of a viewer to not notice more positives. But Voldemort: Origins of the Heir just didn't do it to me as a fan and as a viewer. It isn't insanely stupid like that Cursed Child play book, but it's nothing more than a shrug. :( I'll review something good later. I'm tired of talking trash about everything 'cause I feel like a pessimist.

eldermarasca If you decide to watch the movie, and I recommend you to do so, do it as if you were about to watch a whole new thing. It is a branch of the original series, and it must NOT be taken too seriously regarding inconsistencies with the books. Pretty much all of the reviews I've read thus far are more than likely coming from those mad HP fans that won't accept anything slightly different from what they already know. Anyway, it's a must-watch, if you do it with an open mind and heart.in the begining, you'll feel a little confused, but that feeling will soon vanish as you keep watching.and the plot at the end. DUDE, that was awesome.