Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Movie Review
Release on: Nov 18, 2016

Movie name	:	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Genres	:	Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Run time	:	133 min
Produced by	:	David Heyman
Directed by	:	David Yates
Music by	:	James Newton Howard
Writers	:	J.K. Rowling, J.K. Rowling
Cinematography	:	Philippe Rousselot
Edited by	:	Mark Day
Countries	:	UK, USA

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Stars : Eddie Redmayne, Sam Redford, Scott Goldman, Tim Bentinck, Tom Clarke Hill, Tristan Tait, Colin Farrell, Matthew Sim, Katherine Waterston, Samantha Morton, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jenn Murray, Cory Peterson, Lucie Pohl, Peter Breitmayer, Jake Samuels, Max Cazier, Dan Hedaya, Christy Meyer, Carmen Ejogo, Guy Paul, Andreea Paduraru, Walles Hamonde, Dominique Tipper, Kevin Guthrie, Leo Heller, Miles Roughley, Anne Wittman, Erick Hayden, Paul Birchard, Ronan Raftery, Tom Hodgkins, Jon Voight, Josh Cowdery, Ellie Haddington, Alison Sudol, Joseph Macnab, Bart Edwards, Todd Boyce, Martin Oelbermann, Gemma Chan, Richard Clothier, Christian Dixon, Akin Gazi, Richard Hardisty, Elizabeth Moynihan, Miquel Brown, Wunmi Mosaku, Cristian Solimeno, Matthew Wilson, Brian F. Mulvey, Aretha Ayeh, Emmi, Ron Perlman, Nicholas McGaughey, Sean Cronin, ZoÃ« Kravitz, ArinzÃ© Kene, Jane Perry, Johnny Depp, Abi Adeyemi, Gabriele Antonini, Aileen Archer, Robert-Anthony Artlett, Lee Asquith-Coe, Lasco Atkins, Alphonso Austin, Michael Barron, Roy Beck, Marc Benanti, Nathan Benham, Paul Bergquist, Laura Bernardeschi, David J Biscoe, Lee Bolton, Annarie Boor, Elizabeth Briand, Neil Broome, Greg Brummel, Chloe de Burgh, Douglas Byrne, Fanny Carbonnel, David Charles-Cully, Stacey Clegg, Chloe Collingwood, Claire Cooper-King, Carmen Cowell, Silvia Crastan, Tomasz Dabrowski, Craig Davies, Paul Dewdney, Rudi Dharmalingam, Joshua Diffley, Nick Donald, Richard Douglas, Henry Douthwaite, Stephanie Eccles, Karl Farrer, Dino Fazzani, Flor Ferraco, Marketa Flynn, Lobna Futers, Michael Gabbitas, David Goodson, Kirsty Grace, Rudy Valentino Grant, Guna Gultniece, Abigayle Honeywill, Luke Hope, Kornelia Horvath, Ashley Hudson, Alan Wyn Hughes, Alex Jaep, Ian Jenkins, Patrick Carney Junior, Solomon Taiwo Justified, Lampros Kalfuntzos, Attila G. Kerekes, Simon Kerrison, Denis Khoroshko, Cristian Lazar, Adam Lazarus, Cole Leman, Kamil Lemieszewski, Jorge Leon Martinez, Adam Lezemore, Keith Lomas, Paul Low-Hang, Jennie Luke, Khristopher MacLeod, Joe Malone, Christopher Marsh, Christine Marzano, Pete Meads, Andy Mihalache, Paul A Munday, John Murray, Dennis O'Donnell, Yves O'Hara, Andrew G. Ogleby, Edd Osmond, Nick Owenford, Andrew Parker, Alan Peett, Gino Picciano, Richard Price, Olivia Quinn, Paul Redfern, Jason Redshaw, Eddie Register, James Rumell, Anthony J Sacco, Bernardo Santos, Andrei Satalov, Connor Short, Dave Simon, Daniel Smales, Ryan Storey, Camilla Talarowska, Mitchell Thornton, Dan Trotter, Vassiliki Tzanakou, Geeta Vij, Morgan Walters, Dean Weir, Tony Paul West, Anick Wiget, Miroslav Zaruba

Story : The year is 1926 and Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident...were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.

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Redmayne, who is more than well-suited for the quirky, introvertish character with good intentions, is quickly pulled into New York City’s ongoing tension between wizards and those without magical powers. Newt's ‘Narnian’ suitcase with his rescued animals gets swapped with Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler), a bumbling No-Maj (American for Muggle) looking to break out of his mundane blue-collar job and start a bakery. As Newt's beasts begin to escape the bottomless suitcase causing mayhem, they catch the eye of Porpentina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston), an ex-auror looking to get back into the good books of the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA). Together with her sister Queenie (Alison Sudol), they seek to capture these magical creatures while evading the ire of the MACUSA, especially the dodgy Percival Graves (Colin Farell).

There's an effervescent energy with the four titular characters that makes them fun to watch, and their chemistry overshadows the performances of more seasoned actors Jon Voight (in a forgettable role), and Colin Farrell. Even upcoming 'The Flash' star Ezra Miller's tormented Credence Barebone is amply layered. Charming as the cast may be, the animated characters are given ample nuances to make them appealing in their own unique ways. However, there are too many of them, and it's clear most of these creatures are largely present to establish a much bigger world for subsequent sequels – evident by a familiar actor’s surprising cameo in the end.

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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