Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald's reviews
Media reviews
USA Today
As much as the new sequel bridges gaps to various 'Potter' lineages and personalities, it also ties into real-world history in intriguing fashion.
The Guardian
Rowling's creative imagination is as fertile as ever, and newcomers Law and Johnny Depp impress, but the second film in the series is bogged down by franchise detail.
New York Post
Rediscovers that Potter magic (...) Newt has proved himself a lovable lizard.
Chicago Sun-Times
It has a storyline worth further exploration, but the movie is too busy bouncing all over the place, stuffing subplot after subplot into the mix.
The Hollywood Reporter
A vibrant, engaging improvement on the series' first installment (...) It displays enough of the autor's magical formula and Dickensian narrative power to make this sequel a huge step up.
Variety
Most of the surface pleasures of filmic Potterdom (...) have survived intact, but real magic is in short supply.
The Wrap
It probably had enough plot to drive a four-hour mini-series, but even so, what we get is often absorbing and grand.
New York Times
It is scattered with minor pleasures, mostly ornamental (...) Yet, by the time Rowling has gathered all her story lines (...) the movie has loosened its grip on you.
The Washington Post
Surprisingly dark (...) It has one of the biggest third-act reveals in the whole 'Harry Potter' series.
Time Out
With its callbacks to the Potter universe and a lovely eye for detail, 'The Crimes of Grindelwald' has bags of intermittent charm and a warm familiarity. But too often, it feels like a beast that's been overburdened.
Indiewire
It is hamped by the unwieldy meshing together of disparate plots that could service their own films.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote