Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016 • 132 minutes

About this movie

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident…were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.

Ratings and reviews

So the 2016 Fantasy, adventure movie “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them” is a Prequel to Harry Potter films and is directed by Davis Yates. This stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, a guy who is looking through old New York City many years before harry potter story, and he is looking for various creatures that has escaped from his magical suitcase. I myself am also a very huge Harry Potter fan since my childhood. And I enjoyed all Harry Potter movies too. Fantastic Beasts is also written by J.K Rowling and once again she has shown herself to be one of the most imaginative writers working today. You can’t stop admiring her creativity as you see the movie. I love all the creature designs, just like all the harry potter films Fantastic Beasts also has able to live up to everyone’s expectations. What really I liked about the movie, was the way it was constructed. Action sequences and special effects are stunning. Setting up the main characters is also interesting. One other important thing to notice here is that Fantastic Beasts doesn’t rely on Harry Potter films. Of course it’s in the same universe, but you can’t say that it’s just a prototype of Harry Potter movies. It has a completely different taste. This movie stands on its own. It is something fresh, something new, something appreciable, and something definitely to be praised. Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander is amazing in the movie. He is very likable and extremely charming. Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski, who is a non magical normal person; also known as muggle. He kind of caught up in this whole journey unintentionally. He really added a lot in this movie like lot of humors, lot of funny moments. Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein also looks to be the perfect choice for her character. She has done an incredible job. I especially liked Colin Farrell playing the villain character here.Ezra Millar performed as required. His character is very dark, very powerful and also very horrible. A lot of stuffs are going on in this movie at the same time. This movie literally gave a perfect platform for many future projects. It’s an extremely entertaining film; it is amazing and fun to watch at any time. The soundtrack by James Newton Howard is without a doubt the best. You kind of get nostalgic when the modified version of old Harry Potter music comes in the movie at several parts.

I found this one to be confusing, conflicting, jumbled, hard to fathom and basically, not a very good movie. I didn't like any of the Harry Potter series so that probably has a lot to do with it. I bought this one for my daughter who does like the HP universe so she seemed to like it more. If you haven't watched the entire HP series and know all the mumbo jumbo involved, skip this one. It's a waste of your time and money.

I watched a lot of movies. All Harry Potter movies too. They're all great. All those movies I watched actually had a storyline. Many people giving these 5 stars are Harry Potter fans and people who like wizards and magic. But this is a movie, not a book. As a movie this was terrible. All this had was just wizardy magic and didn't explain anything. I was confused with what was even going on. Newt didn't even really "find" beasts. And they introduced the obscurus so quickly. There wasn't even a villain.