Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Marks the Series' Darkest and Lustiest Chapter so Far

If you thought the masturbation references in Prisoner of Azkaban were shocking, get ready for a full-scale hormonal assault in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.  The kids are barreling through puberty and new director Mike Newell is all too happy to infuse the Potter flick with a serious dose of naughty English school boy humor, in the vein of his 1994 comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral.  

Goblet of Fire is the darkest, most sexual and wickedly funny Potter installment yet, and earns its PG-13 rating with a harrowing death scene, teenage pranks and oodles of sexual innuendo.  Bathroom ghost inhabitant Moaning Myrtle ogles Harry’s goods in a bath scene, Hermione refers to her admirer Viktor Krum as “strictly a physical being” and Ron makes a comment about a fellow student’s developing chest. And Harry, of course, finds his first love interest in Cho Chang, played by adorable Scottish newcomer Katie Leung, probably the most over-hyped storyline, considering she barely gets ten minutes of screen time and has even fewer lines.  

Leung is only one of a slew of new characters and actors in Goblet, including the hunky Robert Pattinson as Hogwarts Champion Cedric Diggory, Stanislov Ianevski as star Seeker Viktor Krum, Clemence Poesy as French vixen Fleur Delacour, the deliciously wicked Miranda Richarson as meddling reporter Rita Skeeter, Brendan Gleeson as off-kilter Mad Eye Moody, Ralph Fiennes as the resurrected Lord Voldemort and new Doctor Who star David Tennant as Barty Crouch Jr.  

Each of the adult actors is, like the rest of the veteran cast, ideally cast, Gleeson and Tennant in particular.  Pattinson and Poesy play their characters as a jock and creampuff, straying from their literary incarnations significantly enough that in Pattinson’s case, it makes his character less sympathetic than he should be.

If you thought the masturbation references in Prisoner of Azkaban were shocking, get ready for a full-scale hormonal assault in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

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