Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince premiered on 15 July 2009, having been controversially delayed from November 2008. With the lead actors now in their late teens, critics were increasingly willing to review them on the same level as the rest of the film's all-star cast, which the Los Angeles Times described as "a comprehensive guide to contemporary UK acting". The Washington Post  felt Watson to have given "[her] most charming performance to date", while The Daily Telegraph  described the lead actors as "newly-liberated and energized, eager to give all they have to what's left of the series".