Disclaimer: I Didn't Read The Book

Rating: 7/10 (4 December 2017)

I had watched this movie last night with my family and really loved it. The plot is about creatures running rampant in New York city and the main characters need to return them to a magical suitcase before non-magic folks discover anything about the wizarding world.
Even though it was about magic, I still found myself getting lost in the well executed plot. It was set in the olden days and never once broke that setting.
The screenplay of this movie was decent. There were times I had trouble understanding what somebody said and had to listen closely. Although that happened, I was glad the actors stuck close to their characters.
Which brings me to the next point, the acting was really good and never broken. At first, all of the characters had different motives which made it exciting when they decided to work together to get the creatures back in Newt's suitcase.
The special effects for this story were quite interesting and well done. It was fun seeing a whole new world full of magical creatures in the suitcase.
There was never a time where I thought anything looked kind of fake, it all seemed quite real. The music in the movie was quite subtle. I had watched it last night and even now I barely remember any of it. In my opinion, that's good because it matched the scenes and didn't mess anything up.
The editing was pretty nice as well. I'm sure somebody who read the book would be unhappy with me right now because of how I'm being so optimistic about the movie. I'm being honest, the plot progressed well. The only issue I had were some of the cut scenes to the orphanage, they were sometimes unnecessary or too quick. Overall, this was a good movie that I would definitely watch again sometime in the future.