Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

“From J.K. Rowling's wizarding world.”

7.3

2016

2h 13m

FantasyAdventure

Director: David Yates

Overview

In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.

Trailer

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Cast

Newt Scamander

Eddie Redmayne

Newt Scamander

Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein

Katherine Waterston

Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein

Jacob Kowalski

Dan Fogler

Jacob Kowalski

Queenie Goldstein

Alison Sudol

Queenie Goldstein

Percival Graves

Colin Farrell

Percival Graves

Henry Shaw Sr.

Jon Voight

Henry Shaw Sr.

Gnarlak

Ron Perlman

Gnarlak

Gellert Grindelwald

Johnny Depp

Gellert Grindelwald

Leta Lestrange

Zoë Kravitz

Leta Lestrange

Credence Barebone

Ezra Miller

Credence Barebone

Mary Lou Barebone

Samantha Morton

Mary Lou Barebone

Seraphina Picquery

Carmen Ejogo

Seraphina Picquery

Reviews

Gimly

Struggles desperately to be three movies at once: One about Pokemon, one about proto-Voldemort and one (uncharacteristically dark story) about child abuse. But none of these three movies are bad movies so _Fantastic Beasts_ gets a pass from me. I was particularly fond of the degree to which it tied into the Harry Potter world at large. There were moments were I went “Oh Harry’s used that same spell before!” or characters that fitted naturally into the narrative being mentioned, as opposed to getting all _Agents of SHIELD_ season 1 on us, and awkwardly name-dropping something from the other films every 5 minutes, just in case we forgot, which was what I was afraid it might do. End result, _Fantastic Beasts_ is a flawed film that I was still very happy to have watched, and exceeded my expectations. _Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go._

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StbMDB

I must say I was expecting to like it, and I really liked it despite the few generic moments throughout the film. Can watch again/10.

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Per Gunnar Jonsson

Personally I found this movie to be 2+ hours of excellent entertainment. This is one of these movies where I simply cannot understand how people can give one and two star ratings stating that it is garbage etc. I do not get what these people expected? Maybe they just have to complain? The original Harry Potter books are very much books for children or young adults and so is this movie. It is a highly entertaining story in a magical universe with some adventure, some suspense and a lot of humor. The magic and the magical animals are quite cool. The pocket universe (or whatever they are called in the Harry Potter world) is simply gorgeous and cool. The story is not really much to write home about but it does not have to be. This is a magical movie where the magical atmosphere is what makes the movie. It is a good enough story involving a bit of suspense, action, friendship, bad guys, quite some humor and, of course, a lot of magic. More importantly perhaps, the story is not overly stupid nor does is try to peddle crappy SJW nonsense messages about gender or diversity nor climate. This movie delivers where it counts as far as I am concerned. It is entertaining, plain and simple. If I should endeavor try to find something to complain about it would probably be that the lead character was fairly bland. He did not really have much charisma. That and the fact that I never really understood which, despicable (presumably) acts the main opponent, Grindelwald, had actually committed before the events of the movie. On the whole I enjoyed the movie a lot and although it is perhaps not the absolutely best movie I have ever seen but it still deserves a top rating.

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