An Honest Review

Rating: 9/10 (18 November 2016)

It's not bad, it lacks the childlike wonder that came with the Harry Potter novels and movies, but it was still a ride back into that world and one that we've all been itching for and for a fairly long time.
You get a beautiful Art Deco New York between the wars and Colin Farrell fittingly doing his best Melvin Purvis impersonation, at least what would be his best if the Irish didn't keep slipping through.
Eddie Redmayne was fantastic, even if he did, from time to time,look a little too much like Roger Daltrey for his own good.
And then the rest of the cast, you see A-list celebrities popping up in the smallest of roles, as if the script hit Hollywood and every closeted Rowling fan dove for a little slice of the script. In a way it helps the movie, and in a way it's distracting to have Ron Perlman and Jon Voight jump up in minor roles.
What is it with Perlman and heavily prosthetic roles? The world may never know.
Still, it is far more adult than the first few Harry Potter novels, films,and this time the cast is more adult to match. But don't worry, it doesn't take away from the heart that comes with Rowling's world.
And, the surprise cameo may be a teaser for more to come. The world my never know.
Either way, it's the fix we've been waiting for since the Deathly Hollows and the disappointment that the last story was a screen play and not a novel. At least we got to see it on the big screen.