*may contain spoilers*

Rating: 8/10 (7 December 2016)

As someone who grew up with new Harry Potter films being released every so often, I was excited to see what the wizard world was like before Harry entered it and what is was like with a different main character to follow, Newt Scamander. I was also excited to see what JK Rowling's wizarding world was like during a different time period (1926). The story is all about Newt and his love for fantastic beasts. He travels to New York with only a brief case and his fantastic beasts inside, but, Newt is soon arrested by Porpentina (Tina) for being an unregistered wizard and brings him back to Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA). While Newt and Tina are at the MACUSA, Newt's case was mixed up with Jacob Kowalski's case and now multiple of Newt's beasts have been released in New York. Along with the adventure of trying to catch the beasts, the wizards of New York are trying to contain an Obscurus. An Obscurus is a dark force which is an uncontrollable and destructive result of a magical being who is trying to suppress their powers. With immense teamwork, some struggle and a lot of magic, Newt, Tina and Kowalski are able control the magical creatures running around in New York and restore the city back to it's original state. All in all, it was an exciting film that kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire show.