Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore

Cast View all

	Jude Law	Albus Dumbledore
	Cara Mahoney	Waitress
	Mads Mikkelsen	Gellert Grindelwald
	Eddie Redmayne	Newt Scamander
	Katherine Waterston	Tina Goldstein
	Poppy Corby-Tuech	Vinda Rosier
	Maja Bloom	Carrow
	Ezra Miller	Credence Barebone
	Paul Low-Hang	Zabini
	Alison Sudol	Queenie Goldstein
	Callum Turner	Theseus Scamander
	Richard Coyle	Aberforth
	Dan Fogler	Jacob Kowalski
	Jessica Williams	Eulalie 'Lally' Hicks
	Wilf Scolding	Frank Doyle (Workman 1)
	Kazeem Tosin Amore	Workman 2
	Noor Dillan-Night	Workman 3
	William Nadylam	Yusuf Kama
	Victoria Yeates	Bunty Broadacre
	Manuel Klein	Tall Auror
	Aleksandr Kuznetsov	Helmut
	Oliver Masucci	Anton Vogel
	Valerie Pachner	Henrietta Fischer
	Ramona Kunze-Libnow	Edith (Elderly Matron)
	Dave Wong	Liu Tao

Crew View all

Director	David Yates
Writer	J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves
Producer	Josh Berger, Neil Blair, Danny Cohen, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, Tim Lewis, Josh Robertson, J.K. Rowling, Michael Sharp, Rob Silva, Courtenay Valenti, Lionel Wigram
Musician	James Newton Howard
Photography	George Richmond

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Notes

My quick rating - 6,2/10. I am actually a bigger fan of these flix than I have been of Harry Potter for some reason. I felt this one lost a bit of the creature fun that set the first couple apart from the whole wizardry lore of the Potter films. This time, I felt as though they leaned into more of that with more spellcasting and magic wands and not as much suitcase filled with mythical animals. What was lost there to me as a viewer they did make up for with a good story of stopping the evil Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) from ruling the magic world through his own methods of deceit. Along the way, the title character played by Jude Law is well cast along with the rest to fight against him. As expected, the effects look tremendous at times. But again, with all the magic wand spellcasting, I got tired of the zapping lightning from their sticks rather quickly. Still, with that personal gripe aside, I enjoyed this one and I cannot see any fans of the others being more disappointed than my piddly complaint. You may actually even like it better for the exact same reason, especially bigger Potter fans. Returning characters were all in tow to solidify the trilogy that clearly has more steam going. Might have been a bit heavy on the political plotline at times though. I guess the long and short is, to check this one out for yourself. Easy enough by clicking the poster below.

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