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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

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In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has glimmers of the magic familiar to Harry Potter fans, but the story's spell isn't as strong as earlier installments.

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s.e. smith Bitch Media The Crimes of Grindelwald's lack of awareness goes much deeper than a mere miscasting, Mar 11, 2021 Full Review Roxana Hadadi Chesapeake Family Magazine Certain characters spend all of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald barely doing anything, and the wide-open nature of the ending in particular cheapens the preceding film. Rated: 2.5/5 Feb 7, 2019 Full Review Pamela Hutchinson Sight & Sound The befuddling parade of Potterishness, including a nostalgic excursion to Hogwarts, is powered by a corresponding excess of plot. Rated: 4 Nov 22, 2018 Full Review Kate Boyle InSession Film Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald is a decent addition to J.K. Rowling’s universe. I think I still like the first one more. It’s obviously a bit of a filler film, which some people may not like, but I don’t have a problem with. Rated: B Mar 8, 2023 Full Review Ash Jefferson But Why Tho? A Geek Community Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald was a disappointment. They tried to accomplish so many things and in the end, they accomplished nothing. Rated: 4/10 Jan 22, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review From the digital monotony of its visuals to the uninvolving characters, it fails to evoke much of a response. Rated: 2/4 Mar 4, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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David H A bit long, but still a great movie. It's also a must-see for Harry Potter fans because it's filled with backstory information regarding most of the H.P characters. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/01/22 Full Review G Wife loved it, so I do to naturally. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/31/21 Full Review Nick R Very boring, and lacking all of the fun in the first movie as well as the rest of the Harry Potter movies. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review naim c A little better than meh. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/07/24 Full Review David R The first Fantastic Beasts movie was very enjoyable and promising, but this film destroyed the series right after it started. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Zachary A The rating of this absolutely confounds me lol this movie is so good!! Of the 3 this is probably my favorite. The story is lovely, acting is great, special effects, all of it. I particularly loved how they tied multiple characters and storylines to the Harry Potter series. Overall it’s just really pretty and exciting so I have no idea where all the negativity is coming from. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
Director
David Yates
Producer
David Heyman, Lionel Wigram, Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling
Screenwriter
J.K. Rowling
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Bros., Heyday Films
Rating
PG-13 (Sequences of Fantasy Action)
Genre
Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 16, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 14, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$159.4M
Runtime
2h 14m
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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