 A year later <unk> starred in Harry Potter and the Chamber of <unk> , the second installment of the series . Reviewers were positive about the lead actors ' performances but had <unk> opinions on the movie as a whole . The 2004 release Harry Potter and the <unk> of <unk> was the third film in the series . <unk> 's performance was panned by New York Times journalist A. O. Scott , who wrote that Watson had to carry him with her performance . Next was Harry Potter and the <unk> of Fire in 2005 . The film was the second @-@ highest grossing Harry Potter film at that point , and <unk> singled out the humour as being a reason for the movie 's creative success . 
