Review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) by Waltex — 21 Nov 2016

Boring, Disappointing, No Emotional Pull or Drive The areas around the eyes and cheeks of Eddie Redmayne don't seem to move throughout the whole movie, I think because he's trying so hard to put on a certain accent. He's not convincing in this role. Also the main female character is not someone one can easily connect with.

My favourite actors were the Newspaper Owner's son, the baker and the sister who's in love with the baker ... Colin Farrell was pretty good too.

Overall you don't end up caring much for any of the characters ... the only part that seemed to grip you is the part where the young man is about to be whipped for finding a wand. Also the bit where the baker goes into the rain was good too ... The line "gee I wish I was a wizard" from the trailer, is not featured in the movie. I was looking forward to seeing that bit.

The bit where Eddie says the baker is his friend at the end of the movie, I thought: what has he done to make you his friend? How have you shown each other that you are friends? The baker tried to hit you over the head with his suitcase, and now you're saying you're friends?

I liked that little platypus creature.

I like Eddie Redmayne, but he wasn't good in this movie ... you could see the acting and what I wanted was to feel him, to feel some genuine emotion.

I agree with another reviewer that says that Eddie mumbles his words and speaks with only a quarter of his mouth. That may be part of his character but it didn't help us follow what he was saying or connect with him ... I think all characters in movies, even if they are submissive or have self-doubt, should probably (in the main) pronounce their words clearly ... it's part of the joy of watching and listening to actors on the screen.

The start of the movie was great ,but it soon petered out into a boring flat movie, sorry.