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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy adventure film, based on J. K. Rowling's novel of the same name, and is the fourth film in the popular Harry Potter series.

Directed by Mike Newell, the film concerns Harry Potter's fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hogwarts has been selected to hold the recently reinstated wizard competition known as the Triwizard Tournament. Though Harry does not apply, the Goblet of Fire mysteriously selects him as a second representative of Hogwarts in the tournament. Filming began in early 2004 and the scenes of Hogwarts took place at the Leavesden Film Studios.

Five days after its release, the film had grossed over US$102 million at the North American box office, the highest first-weekend tally for a Harry Potter film, and enjoyed an immensely successful run at the box office, earning over $896 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing film of 2005 and the 8th-highest grossing film of all time. It was the third highest grossing film in the U.S. for 2005 making $290 million. It is currently the unadjusted 12th highest-grossing film of all time. It is currently the third-highest grossing Harry Potter film, behind Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction, but lost to Memoirs of a Geisha. However, the film won BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, the only Potter movie to win BAFTA award.

This was also the first Harry Potter film to receive a "PG-13" rating in the US and a "12a" in the UK or its international equivalents (for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images), the preceding films having been rated PG or its international equivalents. This was the second Potter film to be released in IMAX theaters.

Cast

• Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter: the main protagonist. Now entering his fourth year as Hogwarts, Harry is unknowingly entered into the Triwizard tournament.
• Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley: one of Harry's best friends. Although he falls out with Harry at the beginning of the Triwizard tournament, the pair reconcile and remain good friends.
• Emma Watson as Hermione Granger: one of Harry's best friends. Although she loathes her position as an intermediary between Harry and Ron during their period of hostility, she remains supportive of Harry throughout.
• Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort: the primary villain. The darkest wizard of age, who returns to a human body at the climax of the film.
• Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore: the Hogwarts headmaster. He is supportive of Harry throughout the year, although he does not suspect Moody until it is almost too late.
• Brendan Gleeson as Alastor Moody: the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. The real Moody is not seen until the end of the film.
• Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory: a rather dishy Hogwarts student who is chosen as a Triwizard champion. He is murdered by Voldemort in the graveyard at the end of the film.
• Gary Oldman as Sirius Black: who appears for a brief expository scene in a fireplace in the Gryffindor common room. His role is much larger in the book and in the director's cut.
• Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter: an over-inquisitive journalist.
• Alan Rickman as Severus Snape: the Potions teacher.
• Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid: the Hogwarts gamekeeper. He is responsible for showing Harry the dragons before the first task.
• Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall: the Transfiguration teacher, and Harry's Head of house.
• Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew: Voldemort's main servant, who helps in his rebirth.
• Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick: A teacher at Hogwarts who crowdsurfs during the Yule Ball
• Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy: Draco Malfoy's father and one of Voldemort's followers, who is seen in the graveyard at the film's climax in Death Eater robes for the first time and at the Quidditch World Cup.
• David Tennant as Barty Crouch Jr: the impostor who impersonates Alastor Moody, to assist in the return of Voldemort.
• Frances de la Tour as Olympe Maxime: a half-giant who is headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.
• Predrag Bjelac as Igor Karkaroff: the headmaster of Durmstrang.
• Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy: Harry's school nemesis. Moody's imposter briefly turns him into a ferret.
• Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge: the Minister for Magic.
• Roger Lloyd-Pack as Barty Crouch: head of the Department of Magical Co-operation, who is murdered by his son.
• Clémence Poésy as Fleur Delacour: the Triwizard champion from Beauxbatons.
• Stanislav Ianevski as Viktor Krum: the Durmstrang Triwizard champion. He invites Hermione Granger to the Yule Ball, much to the displeasure of Ron.
• Katie Leung as Cho Chang: a girl who Harry has a crush on, and who he unsuccessfully tries to invite to the Yule Ball.
• Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom: a Gryffindor student
• Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley: Ron's father. He takes the children to the Quidditch World Cup.
• James and Oliver Phelps as Fred and George Weasley: Ron's rebellious older brothers.
• Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley: Ron's younger sister.
• Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas: A Gryffindor in Harry's year.
• Shirley Henderson as Moaning Myrtle: a Hogwarts ghost who haunts the school plumbing network.
• Jeff Rawle as Amos Diggory: Cedric's father.
• Adrian Rawlins and Geraldine Somerville as James and Lily Potter: Harry's parents, who emerge from Voldemort's wand at the end of the movie.
• Shefali Chowdhury and Afshan Azad as Parvati Patil and Padma Patil, Harry and Ron's partners to the Yule Ball.

Jarvis Cocker, Phil Selway, Jonny Greenwood, Steve Mackey, Jason Buckle and Steven Claydon cameoed as the members of the Weird Sisters.

Critical reception

The film had generally positive reviews by critics and currently garners an 89% "Certified Fresh" approval rating overall and another 89% "Cream of the Crop" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. This was the same rating that Prisoner of Azkaban received, they both are currently the most favourably reviewed Harry Potter films on the site. Likewise on Metacritic.com, the film has again the same as the Prisoner of Azkaban, with both films receiving an 81 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim", and they are again both the most favourably reviewed Harry Potter films on the site. The New York Daily News praised the film for both its humour and its dark tone. The young actors were praised for demonstrating a "greater range of subtle emotions", particularly Daniel Radcliffe whom Variety described as delivering a "dimensional and nuanced performance" New cast members were also praised: Brendan Gleeson's portrayal of Mad-Eye Moody was described as "colourful";[10] Miranda Richardson's scenes as Rita Skeeter were described as "wonderful";and Ralph Fiennes's portrayal of Lord Voldemort was described as "sublime villainy".

The maturity of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, among others, impressed most critics. While the major characters were portrayed as children in the previous films, "they have subtly transitioned into teenagers (in Goblet of Fire)" according to one USA Today reviewer. Harry has also physically matured since Prisoner of Azkaban. In the scene in the prefects' bathroom, Daniel Radcliffe's character is shown with significant axillary hair and muscle growth.

Negative criticism included the film's pace which The Arizona Republic described as being "far too episodic", while CNN.com described the film as "clunky and disjointed". Another criticism was that the many supporting characters did not get enough screen time.Some fans criticised the film for changing and leaving out too much of the source material, particularly those parts that developed character, and those parts of the story that set-up events that occur later in the series.