Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
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Eddie Redmayne returns to take on Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) in the second instalment of J.K. Rowling's fantasy adventure series. More

Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law). However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander (Redmayne).

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2018Rating: M, Fantasy themes and violence134 minsUSA, UK
AdventureFantasyBlockbuster
Director:
David Yates ('Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them', 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1', 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince')
Writer:
J.K. Rowling
Cast:
Eddie RedmayneJohnny DeppJude LawEzra MillerZoë KravitzKatherine WaterstonAlison SudolDan Fogler

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Reviews

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Flicks, Blake Howard

Flicks, Blake Howard

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald should come with a disclaimer: that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is essential viewing before entering the cinema (and the expanding Wizarding World is helpful reading). There’s Young Dumbledore (or 'Yum-bledore' – thanks Tumblr). There are flashes of Hogwarts and delightfully era-appropriate earlier versions of the classic uniform for those of you craving more of what eight incredible movies (and seven novels) set there. However, lower your wands and your expectations – it’s a part two of five.

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Flicks, Leonie Hayden

Flicks, Leonie Hayden

Eddie Redmayne returns to take on Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) in the second instalment of J.K. Rowling's fantasy adventure series. The film opens nationwide tomorrow with advanced screenings happening tonight in select cinemas.

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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

This befuddling parade of Potterishness, including a nostalgic excursion to Hogwarts, is powered by a corresponding excess of plot.

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The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail

Both boring and offensively convoluted...

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Little White Lies

Little White Lies

With such a stacked human cast, perhaps it’s no surprise the creatures lose out on screen time, and that audiences lose out on cohesion.

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A.V. Club

A.V. Club

It’s less a necessary new chapter in this ongoing story than the movie-shaped equivalent of memorabilia...

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IndieWire

IndieWire

The unindoctrinated will be confused; the admirers, disappointed.

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Variety

Variety

"Fantastic Beasts" assumes a similar level of engagement with its swollen dramatis personae, without allowing the time or putting in the work to earn it.

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Time Out

Time Out

With its callbacks to the Potter universe and a lovely eye for detail, The Crimes of Grindelwald has bags of intermittent charm and a warm familiarity. But too often, it feels like a beast that's been overburdened.

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The New York Times

The New York Times

Rowling has surrendered to her maximalist tendencies and so cluttered up the story that you spend far too much time trying to untangle who did what to whom and why.

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The Guardian

The Guardian

The architectural detail of JK Rowling's creativity is as awe-inspiring as ever.

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Stuff

Stuff

If you're a true fan, these are the moments you live for. For the rest of us, maybe getting there a bit quicker and with a few less diversions, would have been appreciated.

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New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

For those already locked into her [JK Rowling's] Wizarding World, you won't mind the length and occasionally confusing scenes and will already be theorising about what happens next.

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Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

It offers up dazzling feats of sorcery and realms of wonderment and manages to conjure the very opposite of magic.

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Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Reporter

That the film remains enticing despite its evolving, still-pallid hero speaks to Rowling's storytelling strengths.

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Empire Magazine

Empire Magazine

The second chapter in JK Rowling's five-part story, it's a film stuffed with characters, big moments and impressive spectacle but still feels bizarrely underpowered.

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BBC

BBC

An unfocused, overwhelming and ultimately numbing sprawl that seems to drag on forever.

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV and Foxtel and Binge and Prime Video Store and Paramount+.

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