Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

"Explore a new era of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World."

2016 2h 13m EN

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★7.3TMDB · 20,044

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Synopsis

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In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.

“Explore a new era of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World.”

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Cast

Eddie Redmayne
Newt
Katherine Waterston
Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein
Dan Fogler
Jacob Kowalski
Alison Sudol
Queenie
Colin Farrell
Graves
Jon Voight
Shaw Senior
Ron Perlman
Gnarlak
Johnny Depp
Grindelwald

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Yates
Writers: J.K. Rowling
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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$180M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Fantastic Beasts Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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264+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Yates, shot by Philippe Rousselot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Yates directs. Philippe Rousselot behind the camera. James Newton Howard scores. Mark Day cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1$180M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 4.5× over at the box office.
3Released 10 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Part of the "Fantastic Beasts Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6264+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by David Yates, shot by Philippe Rousselot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Mark Day shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston and Dan Fogler carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "Explore a new era of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World.".
12IMDB entry: tt3183660 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1320,044 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
14Classified under 16 themes, including "witch", "new york city", "robbery", "escape".
15Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot
Original score: James Newton Howard
Editing: Mark Day
Production design: Stuart Craig
Costume design: Colleen Atwood
Makeup / hair: Anita Burger
VFX supervisor: Ferran Domenech
Sound: Ben Barker
Stunt coordinator: Eunice Huthart
Runtime: 133 min · 2h 13m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $180,000,000
Box office: $809,342,332
Return: 450% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Awards

BAFTA Award for Best Production Design
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

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Part of

Fantastic Beasts Collection

The Fantastic Beasts films are a fantasy series based on and inspired by the textbook mentioned in the Harry Potter novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. Set in the same Wizarding World franchise, they follow the adventures of Newt Scamander, a self-proclaimed magizoologist, along with Porpentina "Tina" Goldstein, a MACUSA auror.

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Gimly2016-11-29
★ 6/10
Struggles desperately to be three movies at once: One about Pokemon, one about proto-Voldemort and one (uncharacteristically dark story) about child abuse. But none of these three movies are bad movies so Fantastic Beasts gets a pass from me. I was particularly fond of the degree to which it tied into the Harry Potter world at large. There were moments were I went “Oh Harry’s used that same spell before!” or characters that fitted naturally into the narrative being mentioned, as opposed to getting all Agents of SHIELD season 1 on us, and awkwardly name-dropping something from the other films every 5 minutes, just in case we forgot, which was what I was afraid it might do. End result, Fantastic Beasts is a flawed film that I was still very happy to have watched, and exceeded my expectations. Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go.
StbMDB2017-02-26
★ 9/10
I must say I was expecting to like it, and I really liked it despite the few generic moments throughout the film. Can watch again/10.
Dark Jedi2017-04-05
★ 10/10
Personally I found this movie to be 2+ hours of excellent entertainment. This is one of these movies where I simply cannot understand how people can give one and two star ratings stating that it is garbage etc. I do not get what these people expected? Maybe they just have to complain? The original Harry Potter books are very much books for children or young adults and so is this movie. It is a highly entertaining story in a magical universe with some adventure, some suspense and a lot of humor. The magic and the magical animals are quite cool. The pocket universe (or whatever they are called in the Harry Potter world) is simply gorgeous and cool. The story is not really much to write home about but it does not have to be. This is a magical movie where the magical atmosphere is what makes the movie. It is a good enough story involving a bit of suspense, action, friendship, bad guys, quite some humor and, of course, a lot of magic. More importantly perhaps, the story is not overly stupid nor does is try to peddle crappy SJW nonsense messages about gender or diversity nor climate. This movie delivers where it counts as far as I am concerned. It is entertaining, plain and simple. If I should endeavor try to find something to complain about it would probably be that the lead character was fairly bland. He did not really have much charisma. That and the fact that I never really understood which, despicable (presumably) acts the main opponent, Grindelwald, had actually committed before the events of the movie. On the whole I enjoyed the movie a lot and although it is perhaps not the absolutely best movie I have ever seen but it still deserves a top rating.