Review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) by Aidan H — 11 Apr 2017

Fantastic Beast And Where To Find Them is a fantasy movie that takes place in the famous Harry Potter universe. It's storyline takes place in 1926 and is independent, it only links in small details with the Harry Potter movies.

We follow Newt, who is a specialist in magical creatures and animals. He comes to New York to release one of his captured creatures back in the wild. Once there he loses a couple of his creatures and tries to recollect them before they cause too much harm.

During all this he also gets pulled into much bigger trouble with a wizard criminal and a mysterious young boy. The cast and acting is great, but the special effects are what this movie is all about. From the magical creatures to the bottomless suitcase, everything is beautiful and awe inspiring.

The story is where it goes wrong in my opinion. It feels like this movie is split into two storylines. First, we see these storylines as separate things, but it is obvious they are going to intertwine eventually.

When this happens it is really disappointing, it still feels like two stories to which a mandatory ending has been added because they really had to. They should've just concentrated on one or the other.

It feels like J.K. Rowling is finding it harder then expected to continue this universe.