![]() ![]() The performances remain committed there are some genuine laugh-out-loud moments and Mads Mikkelsen's Grindelwald is an upgrade from Johnny Depp's. However, credit where credit is due: The Secrets of Dumbledore is at least better than The Crimes of Grindelwald (which isn't an especially high bar to clear). And throughout it all, you can sense the desperation to recapture the magic of the much better movies Fantastic Beasts originated from. The story hinges on not one but two magical MacGuffins. There are too many characters and subplots. The Secrets of Dumbledore falls into many of the same pitfalls as its successors. As if that weren't enough, the films are also bogged down by external controversies (Opens in a new tab), including actor scandals and author J.K. Early on in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, one of our wizarding leads assures their compatriots that "the best plan is no plan." While that statement proves important to the plot of the film, it also seems to describe the strategy behind the entire Fantastic Beasts franchise: Take a book tangentially related to Harry Potter, spin it into a series of five ( or possibly only three (Opens in a new tab)) films, worry about the details later.
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