Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2016 British fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. A spin-off of the Harry Potter film series, the film was produced and written by J. K. Rowling (in her screenwriting debut), inspired by her book of the same name. The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander with Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo and Colin Farrell in supporting roles.
Movie Details :
- Directed by : David Yates
- Produced by : David Heyman, J. K. Rowling, Steve Kloves, Lionel Wigram
- Written by : J. K. Rowling
- Based on : Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling
- Starring : Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo, Colin Farrell
- Music by : James Newton Howard
- Cinematography : Philippe Rousselot
- Edited by : Mark Day
- Production company : Heyday Films
- Distributed by : Warner Bros. Pictures
Summary :
It’s 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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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) Hollywood Movie Review By
The Guardian
That entertainment enchanter JK Rowling has come storming back to the world of magic in a shower of supernatural sparks – and created a glorious fantasy-romance adventure
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Rating : 5/5
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New York Daily News
Director David Yates, who helmed the last four “Harry Potter” films, is in his element with this mix of wand-waving and rollicking adventure. He keeps the overstuffed story zipping along for the most part. And he’s thrown in all the eye-popping wonders that $180 million can buy.
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Rating : 4/5
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Variety
Maintaining Yates as director lends a consistency to the project, and yet, it would have been refreshing to get a completely new take on Rowling’s world with this series, especially considering how murky and self-serious they got in the final chapters. Still, Yates knows this world as well as anyone, and he excels at finding visual solutions for challenging ideas
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The Wrap
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has all the makings of a huge family blockbuster, but all the bloated traps of those, too. It hasn’t quite got the balance right.
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The A.V. Club
Patchy but occasionally charming, the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them delivers most of what has come to be expected from J.K. Rowling’s book series and its successful film adaptations.
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