Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) by Jluis_001 — 15 Apr 2022

In The Crimes of Grindelwald I waited the whole film to see those crimes and they never appeared.

This time in The Secrets of Dumbledore I kept waiting for those secrets, but they didn't show up either.

I mean, there's a confirmation about a certain character in that family but that's it.

As with its predecessor, it's become very clear that J.K. Rowling doesn't have enough material for this prequel saga and she's basically filling in the gaps with what she can.

With this third instalment, the total absence of direction is the constant feature of what we are seeing on screen.

With the exception of a more action-focused tone, a distinctly fascist flavor clearly inspired by our present day that is infused into the character of Gellert Grindelwald, and that Mads Mikkelsen playing him is a monumental improvement over Johnny Depp; Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is an improvement over its predecessor, but it's also another disappointing addition to the franchise of the Wizarding World that fails to capture the magic and grace that made the Harry Potter films so famous.