Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

20162016
PG-13PG-13
2h 12m

Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, and Katherine Waterston in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

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The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 15 wins & 54 nominations total

Katherine Waterston in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Dan Fogler and Alison Sudol in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Alison Sudol and Katherine Waterston in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Carmen Ejogo, Rich Hardesty, Andreea Paduraru, Akin Gazi, Walles Hamonde, and Dominique Tipper in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Katherine Waterston in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Ron Perlman in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Colin Farrell and Ezra Miller in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Carmen Ejogo and Colin Farrell in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Dan Fogler and Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

In mid-1920s New York, Newt Scamander, a British young activist wizard, arrives in the city, holding a mysterious leather suitcase that shelters diverse and magical creatures that exist among us. Amid an already fragile equilibrium of secrecy, and the increasing disasters ascribed to the dark wizard, Gellert Grindelwald, Newt's precious suitcase goes missing, and to make matters worse, several creatures manage to escape. Before long, this unforeseen complication catches Senior Auror Percival Graves' attention who targets Newt, against the backdrop of an invisible, devastating, and utterly unpredictable menace that still wreaks havoc on 5th Avenue. In the end, is there a hidden agenda behind Graves' intentions? Moreover, what will happen to the remaining fantastic beasts that are still on the loose? —Nick Riganas

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Taglines
- From J.K. Rowling's wizarding world.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for some fantasy action violence
Parents guide

Trivia
The name "Newt Scamander" appears on the Marauder's Map in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).

Goofs
When Senator Shaw is speaking at the dinner party, the US flag to his right has offset stars like the present 50-star flag has. In 1924 the flag was a 48-star flag where the stars were in even rows.

Quotes
Jacob Kowalski: Uh, Mr. Scamander?
Newt Scamander: Oh, call me Newt.
Jacob Kowalski: Newt. I don't think I'm dreaming.
Newt Scamander: [mildly amused] What gave it away?
Jacob Kowalski: I ain't got the brains to make this up.

Crazy credits
An occamy slithers into the film title to form the S in "Beasts".

Connections
Featured in Annoying Orange: Trailer Trashed: Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them (2016)

Soundtracks
You're The Cream In My Coffee
Written by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
Performed by Ruth Etting
Licensed courtesy of Wyastone Estate Limited, Trading as Retrospective

Top review

6/10

SFX pretty good, characters & pacing lacking.

It's OK, I suppose.

Good parts: Period costumes & sets were beautiful. Special effects were (mostly) very good, and the Fantastic Beasts were individually great fun.

So-so parts: The acting was only OK. Newt (Eddie Redmayne) in particular left me dissatisfied. Yes he's playing an introverted character, but I saw no reason for the bond he seemed to build with Tina. The MACUSA wizards & witches were extremely underdeveloped, including the President. Their hot-and-cold treatment of Tina for her interruptions made no sense to me either.

Poor: The editing seemed off to me, in a way I haven't noticed since The Chamber of Secrets. --- awkward pauses littered the film, robbing it of its momentum. Newt's interaction with some of the larger beasts didn't look realistic (e.g. his stroking the Thunderbird's neck). And I personally dislike FX-heavy movies where the Big Bad is some amorphous cloud (not as bad as Green Lantern, but pretty bad).

Final thought: why do so many large beasts have bird's heads? This seems to be a thing with Rowling ...

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beany_kelly
Dec 19, 2016

Is "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" based on a book?

Release date
- November 18, 2016 (United States)
Countries of origin
- United Kingdom
- United States
Official sites
- Official site
- Official site (France)
Languages
- English
- Central Khmer
Also known as
- Sinh Vật Huyền Bí và Nơi Tìm Ra Chúng
Filming locations
- St George's Hall, St George's Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Production companies
- Heyday Films
- Warner Bros.
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Budget
- $180,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $234,037,575
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $74,403,387
- Nov 20, 2016
Gross worldwide
- $814,044,001

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Runtime
2 hours 12 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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