Synopsis
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.
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Cast
- Eddie RedmayneNewt Scamander
- Jude LawAlbus Dumbledore
- Mads MikkelsenGellert Grindelwald
- Ezra MillerCredence Barebone / Aurelius Dumbledore
- Dan FoglerJacob Kowalski
- Alison SudolQueenie Goldstein
- Callum TurnerTheseus Scamander
- Jessica WilliamsEulalie 'Lally' Hicks
- Katherine WaterstonPorpentina 'Tina' Goldstein
- Oliver MasucciAnton Vogel
Recommendations
- 75
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It can be said, with some certainty, that ‘Fantastic Beasts’ has finally found its footing. This latest entry is the most fun and most buoyant in the relatively young series. And it’s enough to make you actually look forward to a subsequent installment (should there be one) instead of actively dreading it. - 70
Arizona Republic
This film has enough stunning special effects and adorable baby animals to keep you entertained for 2½ hours. - 60
The Guardian
It’s good-natured entertainment, though there is still something weightless and formless about the narrative. - 50
Slant Magazine
With this film, nuance seems to have disapparated from the wizarding world altogether. - 50
IndieWire
The series’ third outing, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, falls into precisely the same traps as its predecessor, offering up an unwieldy, mostly unsettling mash-up of adult themes and childish whimsy, made still more inscrutable by too many subplots, too many characters, and a tone that veers wildly off-course at every possible turn. - 50
Screen Rant
The Secrets of Dumbledore holds positives and negatives alike, and that makes for an entertaining, but slightly unsatisfying viewing experience. There is magic to be found, though, and perhaps that is all that matters. - 45
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
It is all extraordinarily interminable, even if Yates and company had the good sense to swap out Johnny Depp for Mikkelsen this time around. - 40
IGN
It looks drab and feels like it was made by people who want to leave its magical premise behind, even though the series refuses to have anything resembling grown-up politics or perspectives.
