Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
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2018 · Fantasy / Adventure

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

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2018
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Fantasy / Adventure
PLOT SUMMARY

Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

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@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2026-01-14 11:00 UTC

Even the popcorn looked bored during Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

@TRAILER_TROLL2026-01-07 07:00 UTC

If exposition were a contact sport, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald would be banned for life.

@AISLE_GHOUL2026-01-03 11:00 UTC

If Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.

@POPCORN_CRITIC2026-01-01 08:00 UTC

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald treats "worldbuilding" the way a toddler treats a fruit bowl — enthusiastically, briefly, then forgotten.

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r/flicks · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 4.3k points

Unpopular opinion: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is the most overrated film of the decade

Just got out of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.

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r/criticalkino · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 4.8k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald actually is?

Look, I wanted to love Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.

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r/criticalkino · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 1.6k points

The cinematography in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Rewatched Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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r/movies · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 0.4k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald?

Director clearly thought Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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