Deeply disappointing.

Rating: 1/10 (23 November 2016)

It is difficult to include spoilers, which presume a plot. There is no proper plot, just a series of loosely connected episodes. There are far too many noisy special effects at contrast with the quiet subtlety of such items in Potter as 'Fluffy' or Quiddiitch. What was even worse was the acting. There wasn't any except for Johnny Depp''s small moment at the end and Eddie Redmayne's ever pleasant charm. But it is Eddie who is charming us, not some unconvincing character called Newt Scamander. If there is to be a series of Newt Scamander films, PLEASE spend the money on the cast and not the effects and PLEASE return to the humanity which were hallmark of the Harry Potter books and also a fundamental reason for their greatly deserved success.