The critic consesnsus is: Though perhaps more enchanting for younger audiences, Chamber of Secrets is nevertheless both darker and livelier than its predecessor, expanding and improving upon the first film's universe.. What reviews supported this critic consensus?
1. Though these films are trifles, they are at least high quality trifles.
2. Where the first film was the exposition, the follow-up is the reward - taking our heroes on a darker, more rewarding journey as we watch them deepen and mature with time.
3. A rich and rewarding family entertainment experience that teens and adults will thoroughly enjoy more -- as will the kids.
4. Sequentially and tonally, it's so derivative of the last movie that it not only fails to build upon its predecessor, it's stuck covering the very same ground.
5. Slick and sophisticated, if same-y.
6. How desperate is Columbus if his creepy spiders look, act, and sound just like the Eight Legged Freaks
7. Wow!
8. "The Chamber of Secrets," while more visually striking and entertaining, still suffers from many of the same problems that plagued "The Sorcerer's Stone."
9. One of those rare sequels that is as good as the original movie.
10. Chamber's charm lies in the sheer visualization of Rowling's weirder inventions.