Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald is a decent addition to J.K. Rowling’s universe. I think I still like the first one more. It’s obviously a bit of a filler film, which some people may not like, but I don’t have a problem with.

| Original Score: B | Mar 8, 2023

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald was a disappointment. They tried to accomplish so many things and in the end, they accomplished nothing.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jan 22, 2023

From the digital monotony of its visuals to the uninvolving characters, it fails to evoke much of a response.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 4, 2022

...another ill-advised installment in what's shaping up to be a seriously disastrous series.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 5, 2022

I loved everybody, but from a critics perspective I have to say it felt a bit unresolved... it's like it was specifically there to say, "hey we have another one coming".

| Oct 5, 2021

Scholars of the Harry Potter saga's complicated mythology might find a lot to like about The Crimes of Grindelwald, but others will find the events of the film bewildering.

| Jul 13, 2021

You might expect that the author of seven of the most beloved and re-read novels of our time could come up with something a little more engaging.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 30, 2021

Although The Crimes of Grindelwald might not be the strongest entry in this franchise, it promises exciting things for the future of the Fantastic Beasts canon.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 25, 2021

The Crimes of Grindelwald's lack of awareness goes much deeper than a mere miscasting,

| Mar 11, 2021

It feels lazily put together, with certain revelations not making sense, really coming across as a cash-grab rather than a well-delivered sequel.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 7, 2021

Despite its grand face, feels thin, over written and under dramatic.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 3, 2021

Once the clerical work is out of the way and the groundwork has been laid, the story quickly finds its groove.

| Jan 28, 2021

The entire opening is a mess of special effects, rapid cutting, and characters swooping across a blackened sky, making it impossible to decipher exactly what is going on.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 6, 2020

Prequels are exceptionally hard to get right, but this is a slight improvement over the first one.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 5, 2020

It leaves a little too much for the sequels, but for any Wizarding World fan, it's great to experience nostalgia through the magic of Newt Scamander's briefcase. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 30, 2020

This return to the Wizarding World is unfortunately plagued by an over-convoluted plot that lacks drive and coherence, making it difficult to be truly excited about the future of this spin-off franchise.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 28, 2020

The real meat comes in the expansion of the first film's religious fundamentalism storyline that saw Samantha Morton's wicked stepmother prey on the conflicted mind of adopted son Credence Barebone (a creepy Ezra Miller).

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 19, 2020

An overzealous need for detail just confuses the outcome into a pile of mess. This is a Bogart we hope they can stupefy in the next instalment.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2020

Has time frozen over in the Wizarding World? Is this franchise officially nothing more than a machine to rake in cash? What happened to . . . the magic?

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jul 25, 2020

Not only is this a setback on the 'second Potter saga', but it also destroys much of what the previous film had done so well. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 5, 2020