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Even the popcorn looked bored during 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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@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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Why is Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald rated highly on Roasted Tomatoes?+
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 32/100. 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 c…
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Is Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald worth watching according to Roasted Tomatoes?+
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald scores 32/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.
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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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