Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 1) is really superb. From the opening heartbreaking minutes to the last shot this movie delivers on the promise of the Harry Potter books. David Yates and company have managed to make what could have been an interminable and dreary road movie into a very moving and extremely exciting adventure. The stakes are very high in the last book and this film captures the tension, excitement, humor and pathos extremely well.