Click here to copy URL

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

2018

David Yates

Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Katherine Waterston, Johnny Depp ...

5.7

20,494

Fantasy. Adventure. Thriller 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 world. The second installment of the 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' series which ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter	"A vibrant, engaging improvement on the series’ first installment (...) [It] displays enough of the author’s magical formula and Dickensian narrative power to make this sequel a huge step up."	POS
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"Most of the surface pleasures of filmic Potterdom (...) have survived intact, but real magic is in short supply."	NEU
United States	William Bibbiani The Wrap	"[It] probably had enough plot to drive a four-hour mini-series, but even so, what we get is often absorbing and grand."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"[It] is scattered with minor pleasures, mostly ornamental (...) Yet, by the time Rowling has gathered all her story lines (...) the movie has loosened its grip on you."	NEU
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"As much as the new sequel bridges gaps to various 'Potter' lineages and personalities, it also ties into real-world history in intriguing fashion (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Olly Richards 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."	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Rowling’s creative imagination is as fertile as ever, and newcomers Law and Johnny Depp impress, but the second film in the series is bogged down by franchise detail (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Surprisingly dark (...) [It] has one of the biggest third-act reveals in the whole 'Harry Potter' series."	POS
United States	Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"There’s indeed magic to be found here, as well as visual wonder, but there’s also an unwieldy amount of character and plot (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"[It has] a storyline worth further exploration, but the movie is too busy bouncing all over the place, stuffing subplot after subplot into the mix (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"[It] is hampered by the unwieldy meshing together of disparate plots that could service their own films."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The twists get twistier as the film hurtles toward an exciting climax (...) But the getting there, which should be half the fun, turns out to be a bit of a slog (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Rediscovers that Potter magic (...) Newt has proved himself a lovable lizard — er, wizard (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	David Griffin IGN	"Another strong entry in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World saga. Rowling has improved upon the first Fantastic Beasts film by fleshing out her characters"	POS
United Kingdom	Nicholas Barber BBC	"If you’re not a 'Potter' obsessive (...) you’ll want to know why a family blockbuster about wizards should be incapable of conjuring up more than half a dozen smiles."	NEU

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.