Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

“Return to the magic.”

6.6

2022

2h 22m

FantasyAdventure

Director: David Yates

Overview

Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.

Trailer

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Cast

Newt Scamander

Eddie Redmayne

Newt Scamander

Albus Dumbledore

Jude Law

Albus Dumbledore

Gellert Grindelwald

Mads Mikkelsen

Gellert Grindelwald

Credence Barebone / Aurelius Dumbledore

Ezra Miller

Credence Barebone / Aurelius Dumbledore

Jacob Kowalski

Dan Fogler

Jacob Kowalski

Queenie Goldstein

Alison Sudol

Queenie Goldstein

Theseus Scamander

Callum Turner

Theseus Scamander

Eulalie 'Lally' Hicks

Jessica Williams

Eulalie 'Lally' Hicks

Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein

Katherine Waterston

Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein

Anton Vogel

Oliver Masucci

Anton Vogel

Aberforth Dumbledore

Richard Coyle

Aberforth Dumbledore

Yusuf Kama

William Nadylam

Yusuf Kama

Reviews

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/fantastic-beasts-secrets-dumbledore-spoiler-free-review "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a significant improvement over its predecessors, proving that Steve Kloves really can work miracles - J. K. Rowling still has a lot to learn. By completely shifting the main focus of the franchise to the love relationship between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, as well as the exploration of the former's imperfections and the tragic, complex past of his family, it gains an emotionally powerful, genuinely fascinating narrative component. Jude Law and Mads Mikkelsen's superb performances broadly contribute to this. Too bad the first half suffers from the constant tweaks to the saga, taking once-important characters through irrelevant side adventures and repairing plot points established in earlier installments, seriously undermining the previous films and negatively affecting the pacing of this one. The boat is no longer sinking, but the damage might be too much to continue sailing..." Rating: B

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Chris Sawin

It feels like The Secrets of Dumbledore spends more time allowing characters to blather on and adamantly stare out windows over actually delivering worthwhile wizard action, which is essentially what people want to see in films like this. Full review: https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/04/18/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore-review-a-broken-franchise-filled-with-disjointed-magic/

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r96sk

Meh again. <em>'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore'</em> isn't any worse than the two films it follows, which is a minor positive at least. I'd actually put it above 1 but just below 2, though I'm splitting hairs really. I just feel all three are simply missing that little something extra, yet I'm not sure exactly what. I also feel the same about the cast as I do for the preceding instalments, with the likes of Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law not doing much for me; though Law is at his best in the role here. I will say, however, that I did mildly enjoy Jessica Williams' performance. The pacing is a tad iffy, if nothing super slow. The ending does feel delayed, I would've personally cut a decent chunk of it to be honest. The dialogue and humour is average, but one scene involving Pickett and Teddy did make me laugh in fairness. All in all, I'm undoubtedly underwhelmed by these spin-offs/prequels to the great <em>'Harry Potter'</em> franchise.

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