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By Frank Lovece (341) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 15 Nov 2018

This exquisitely mounted sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) skims past any narrative shortcomings through the complete…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Chris Barsanti (896) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 15 Nov 2018

The Crimes of Grindelwald gets more comedic and emotional mileage out of Newt’s interactions with his various creatures, particularly the…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 15 Nov 2018

On the strength of this sequel – a dense yet deft return to the high standards Yates set with the Potter films – count this Muggle’s…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Oliver Jones (215) for Observer (1,042) on 15 Nov 2018

While the presence of both Law and Depp is a little distracting — the film could also be called The Proxy War of the Long in the Tooth Former…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Sean Collier (54) for Pittsburgh Magazine (54) on 15 Nov 2018

The Crimes of Grindelwald has an utter train wreck for a plot, jumping from thread to thread…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 15 Nov 2018

Plenty of excitement to please most of Rowling's devotees…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Matt Goldberg (248) for Collider (1,032) on 15 Nov 2018

The Wizarding World starts to lose its magic as J.K. Rowling loses the thread of stories to tell within it…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Christopher Lloyd (287) for The Film Yap (559) on 15 Nov 2018

With the main character such a drip amidst a raging storm of nonsensical subplots and CGI eye candy, it's no surprise that mumble-mouthed Newt…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Jeffrey Lyles (696) for Lyles' Movie Files (591) on 15 Nov 2018

Doesn't do a great job explaining the stakes and point of this series beyond milking the fanbase for another set of movies…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Edward Douglas (1,395) for The Weekend Warrior (71) on 15 Nov 2018

If nothing else, The Crimes of Grindelwald sets up some intriguing building blocks for the next movie, which hopefully will introduce even…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 15 Nov 2018

The movie frequently grinds to a halt as she scripts multiple scenes of characters standing around explaining things, yet these scenes never…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 15 Nov 2018

A dark but entertaining second chapter in J.K. Rowling's five-film series…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Ella Kemp (95) for Culture Whisper (31) on 15 Nov 2018

In the reconciliation of what we know and what we are given, there's magic to be found - just as long as you remember to tread carefully…

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By Hayden Mears (11) for Starburst (899) on 15 Nov 2018

It needlessly takes risks that do nothing but cause confusion and frustration for people who didn't want canon-altering twists…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Josh Bell (1,421) for CBR (174) on 15 Nov 2018

If Rowling is determined to extend and expand her Wizarding World indefinitely, she's going to need to do better than these tedious and absurdly…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Filmswoon (3) on 15 Nov 2018

There's a lot riding on Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Sadly, the film is a dud - the first real miss of the Harry Potter series…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 15 Nov 2018

The Fantastic Beasts films have as much to do with the Potter world as the current Detroit Pistons have to do with the championship winning Bad Boys…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Kirsten Acuna (37) for Insider (32) on 15 Nov 2018

It's not a terrible film and it's definitely not a boring one…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Pablo A. Scholz (320) for Clarín (492) on 15 Nov 2018

Much more beautiful and visually attractive than its predecessor…

Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Marcelo Stiletano (8) for La Nación (Argentina) (226) on 15 Nov 2018

The story works in its mythical grandiloquence and makes intelligible the reasons that lead each character to choose their place and prepare…

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