Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

danilo1 Bad screenplay, very slow and very boring. The only way to save this movie is to come back to the edit room and let on the floor not less of 20 minutes.

TrackArtist8 I am fan of Harry Potter. I have read all books, seen all the movies, and even I had 'Fantastic Beast and where to find them' book long before this project was announced. So I think the idea of a movie about this is a little bit confusing. However, I went to cinema hyped and remembering all good moments Harry Potter saga delivered me in childhood. But this movie was not up to the expectations. Hype did a disservice to this title. Harry Potter is a collection of books, and all the potential this world offers, was insufficiently exploited in a movie script. In fact, I did not understand the movie's direction very well. Is this a movie about differences between magical people and no magical people? About a 'cold war' between the two worlds? About Grindelwald's dark intentions? Or is it about chasing pokemon? When the movie makes its pace, a strange scene about strange creatures appears and changes the atmosphere. It's messy and confusing, because the plot involving magical attacks, second salemers and the candidate for president is interesting and intriguing.Also, the design of the creatures was unexpected. I know they're all from the book, but in a film of magical creatures, I expected more creatures like dragons, gryphs, centaurs, etc. Something more mythological. In particular, the erumpent scene was shocking in terms of banishing the dark atmosphere that was growing with the plot before mentioned, and seems too childish.But apart form that, the movie has very good and very enjoyable elements. Colin Farrell does a powerful and menacing character, specially in the interrogation scene. I loved the character of Tina, she manages to perform a prudent, doubtful but good-hearted role, and her relation with Newt seems very honest and natural. As I mentioned before, the dark atmosphere of Harry Potter is succesfully managed, and the movie is visually stunning. Also, the work of the musical department is outstanding, having its climax in the thunderbird flight, which is a powerfull and very beautiful scene.The movie has its enjoyable elements, but fails to reach the hype with some messy issues. It is an unstable beginning to a saga, and it somehow seems that it is a movie made thinking more in the sequel that in its own. However it does not ruin the potential it has, and I hope sequels could overcome this one because we know what Harry Potter world is able to give us.

Torrin-McFinn77 I was so excited when this was coming out. We get the world established by JK Rowling and more magic. Newt Scamander goes through New York City in the 1920s having lots of adventures and interacting with both Muggles (no-majs in America) and wizarding folk. The sisters didn't hurt either and the creatures were all well-done. Not your typical Ray Harryhausen-styled critters. But it was good for a period piece. Both American and English actors stole the show and it's a whole new ballpark for the Hogwarts saga. Now bring on the others!

Evan Wessman (CinematicInceptions) Don't read this review if you liked this movie. I wasn't expecting this to be that good even when I saw the previews for it. After having seen it, I feel a bit sad that this movie exists. The reason that it exists is because it's a cash-grab for studios. They can claim otherwise, but I really don't believe that anyone actually said with a straight face "you know what I bet would be great? If we adapted a fake magical textbook into a movie." It's almost like Warner Brothers execs are admitting that they'll do whatever they need to so that they can milk as much money as possible from their Harry Potter property.I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan, but I still enjoy the movies and books to some extent. It's a cool world and the books and movies are all pretty good. But this did not even feel like it was in the same world of the original stories. The thing I'm noticing with these spinoff movies that are starting to become a sub-genre is that they are (aside from not being that good) lack the things that people really like about the original series they are derived from. A major thing that was appealing about the Harry Potter stories was that the entire series was a mystery surrounding Harry himself and why he survived where so many others had died. The whole wizarding world was an amazing backdrop to those stories and the elements of that world often tied into the story in important ways.This movie, unsurprisingly, did not incorporate the world as well as all that. It almost felt like I was watching Newt Scamander and company play a big game of Pokémon in 1920's New York. Some of the scenes where they had to catch Newt's creatures were interesting and engaging to watch, and thank God, because there was very little that interested me for the rest of the movie. I actually thought I might be in for something good after the opening scene with the little mole creature running wild in a bank, very good choice. But after that the movie got involved in a boring plot with a bunch of uninteresting and flat characters. Proof that this is a cash grab is further displayed by the way the movie sets up a sequel featuring Grindelwald and a younger Dumbledore. I don't want to fault any individuals that worked on this movie for what I perceive to be its lack of quality. But it was sad to see so many big and good actors wasted on this movie. Really, you could have cast anyone in these roles and it probably would have done just as well and even given some up and coming actors a chance to shine. I don't know that this would ever have been a great movie regardless of how much work was done on the story, but I think there could have been a much better story derived from it.This is a fine family movie, and I won't think less of you if you enjoy it. But I ask that you not support any of the sequels that come from it. In my opinion movies like this are barring the way to a lot of good original movies like Get Out. I get it that sequels and reboots and all those extensions of existing IP make money, but if they are as bad as this movie was, then seriously it needs to stop. I've ceased to be that impressed by visual effects, which is really the only thing that this movie brings to the table, and I hope that I'm not the only one. I'm not saying adaptations like this shouldn't be made, but I would just say that if you're going to make it, at least try to make one that has potential to be good (yeah, I'm talking to you too, Rogue One). Overall Rating: 5.2/10.