Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) by B P — 17 Dec 2018

Confusing as a stand alone movie. Comes together a bit at the end.

This review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) was written by B P on 17 Dec 2018.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

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

By Rhiannon N (2) on 12 Jan 2019

The setting and attention to detail is exquisite, although the same can not be said for the overall plot line…

Read Review

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

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 19 Jan 2019

The Crimes of Grindelwald exists solely as a place setter for whatever the third FB movie ends up being (Pickett Goes Bananas?)…

Read Review

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

By Amanda Greever (35) for The Daily Times (Tennessee) (35) on 24 Jan 2019

The Crimes of Grindelwald is dark and wants to convince you it is more complex than its predecessor. It's not…

Read Review

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

By The3Academysins (492) on 18 Jul 2019

If the first Fantastic Beasts film was joking titled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find the Plot then this Fantastic Beasts film can only be…

Read Review

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

By Calderra (5) on 17 Jun 2019

Crimes of Grindlewald is an objectively bad film, and I know how much people hate when you claim a movie is objectively bad. This one is…

Read Review

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

By Molly R (320) on 12 Jan 2019

A wonderful movie! Filled with much action and adventure and gives a very strong Harry Potter feel…

Read Review

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

By Tess M (115) on 19 Jan 2019

This is what happens when you forget how beloved the canon is and try to add things that no one wanted or asked for…

Read Review

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

By Dawdlingpoet (1,123) on 22 Nov 2021

This follow up film features plenty of decent special effects and lots of CGI creatures, as was the case in the original film…

Read Review

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

By Tomtag (45) on 14 Apr 2019

There was great but less magic and we didn't see many creatures here but they were more beautiful and the previous ones…

Read Review

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

By 16Westh (4) on 15 Jun 2021

Absolutely love this movie! I am a big HP fan, and this was an excellent addition to the franchise…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)

By Hal Hinson (447) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000

If the premise of the first film was mindless and repetitive, it's doubly so this second time around…

Read Review

Review of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

By Jaysonl. (2) on 29 Jul 2009

Am I the only one thinking that it shouldn't be ice age - dawn of the dinosaurs? Dinos were before the ice age. This movie is just ridiculous…

Read Review

Review of National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

By Ladyfinger (9) on 01 Jan 2008

The success of this sequel at the box office only goes to prove that once the first movie is a hit no matter how truly awful the subsequent…

Read Review

Review of The Lovely Bones (2009)

By Ingo (1) on 24 Sep 2010

A really bad film! the characters had no depth, the scene seemed to go from bad to worse and dragged on and on…

Read Review

Review of Holes (2003)

By Jasonq. (8) on 06 Dec 2005

This is the worst movie EVER if you want to know what really happens you should read the book…

Read Review

Review of Alice (1990)

By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Mar 1995

At its best the movie displays a vital playfulness…

Read Review

Review of Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)

By Dennis G (108) on 22 Aug 2010

I respect the fact that this movie wanted to correct the mistakes of Highlander 2, but all this movie did was make a scaled down carbon copy…

Read Review

Review of Superman II (1980)

By Brianp-C (1) on 01 Nov 2006

Two words: Richard Donner…

Read Review

Review of Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)

By Highlander372 (22) on 30 Sep 2018

If you really like the first Highlander then avoid this movie at all costs…

Read Review

Review of Highlander (1986)

By Broyax (884) on 06 Apr 2021

Gros nanar des familles dans lequel s’est égaré -mais pas très longtemps- Sean Connery (qu’on ne voit d’ailleurs qu’au bout de trois…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews