Of the Harry Potter movies, this would be their finest production. Though it is not a stand alone movie apart from the others (but thats the way the book is) the way that it flows gets the central ideas accross easily to viewers who have never read the book. For those who have read the book, the movie and the book compliment each other nicely - so having read the book makes the movie that much more enjoyable. It had its funny moments and was immensely entertaining, but it was true to the darker nature of book six, as the evil in the world of Harry Potter rises.