GENRE:
Fantasy Adventure
RATING:
PG13 for fantasy action
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 14 minutes
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 14 minutes
STARRING:
Eddie Redmayne (Theory of Everything, The
Danish Girl)
Katherine
Waterston (Inherent Vice), Johnny
Depp (Pirates . . . )
DIRECTOR:
David Yates (Harry Potter 5-8, Fantastic
Beasts)
WRITER:
JK Rowling (Harry Potter novels, Fantastic Beasts)
PLOT:
Newt and the gang try to recapture Gindelwald and find out the true identity of
Credence Barebone.
FULL DISCLOSURE: Just a casual fan of this series.
STORY STUFF: I’m just not finding the story as captivating as I would
like. I think the characters are interesting and there are some great moments
throughout but I’m not on the edge of my seat. I’m glad after two films, I
finally know who Credence really is (but wow, it took a long time to get
there). I do like that they change locations and we get Paris instead of New
York. I also really enjoyed the flashbacks to Hogwarts.
ACTING STUFF: Redmayne continues to delight in his twitchiness and Dan
Folger is always fun to watch as Kowalski. Waterson’s Tina is fine and all but
I’m not really rooting for her. Depp gets to be playful and menacing with
Grindelwald but I found Jude Law just okay as Dumbledore. I assume he’ll get
more awesome in the next films.
ARTISTIC STUFF: It’s on par with the first film and the Harry Potter series. Some amazing
visuals that are both creative and mesmerizing. The dragon looks a little too
close to Fuchur, Atreyu’s luck dragon from Neverending
Story and I don’t know if that was intentional or not. Again, my favourite
beasts are the nifflers.
VERDICT:
Three stars out of five
SEE IT IF:
You liked the first one and want more
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