Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Genre
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Fantasy | Adventure | Action Rating
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6.829 / 10
Release Date
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06 April 2022 Resolution
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1920x1080
Duration
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2 : 22 minutes
Spoken Language
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English Status
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Released Overview
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Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.
Cast Overview :
Newt Scamander
by: Eddie Redmayne
Albus Dumbledore
by: Jude Law
Gellert Grindelwald
by: Mads Mikkelsen
Credence Barebone / Aurelius Dumbledore
by: Ezra Miller
Jacob Kowalski
by: Dan Fogler
Queenie Goldstein
by: Alison Sudol
Theseus Scamander
by: Callum Turner
Eulalie 'Lally' Hicks
by: Jessica Williams
Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein
by: Katherine Waterston
Anton Vogel
by: Oliver Masucci
Aberforth Dumbledore
by: Richard Coyle
Yusuf Kama
by: William Nadylam
Vicência Santos
by: Maria Fernanda Cândido
Vinda Rosier
by: Poppy Corby-Tuech
Bunty
by: Victoria Yeates
Helmut
by: Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Liu Tao
by: Dave Wong
Minerva McGonagall
by: Fiona Glascott
Waitress
by: Cara Mahoney
Carrow
by: Maja Bloom
Zabini
by: Paul Low-Hang
Frank Doyle
by: Wilf Scolding
Workman #1
by: Kazeem Tosin Amore
Workman #2
by: Noor Dillan-Night
Tall Auror
by: Manuel Klein
Henrietta Fischer
by: Valerie Pachner
Edith
by: Ramona Kunze-Libnow
Horst
by: Lucas Englander
Ministry Official
by: Jan Pohl
Otto
by: Matthias Brenner
Warder
by: Peter Simonischek
Ida Webb
by: Jacqueline Boatswain
Victor
by: David Bertrand
Karl
by: Stefan Race
Redheaded Ravenclaw
by: Jessica Cartledge
Tiny Witch #1
by: Rahda Sthanakiya
Tiny Witch #2
by: Isabelle Coverdale
Albert
by: Dónal Finn
Ariana Dumbledore (uncredited)
by: Hebe Beardsall
German Muggle 24 (uncredited)
by: Jeremy Azis
Pub Wizard (uncredited)
by: Nick Davison
Ministry Guest (uncredited)
by: Emilia Karlsson
Ministry Wizard (uncredited)
by: Sean Talo
Member Reviews :
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/fantastic-beasts-secrets-dumbledore-spoiler-free-review
"Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a significant improvement over its predecessors, proving that Steve Kloves really can work miracles - J. K. Rowling still has a lot to learn.
By completely shifting the main focus of the franchise to the love relationship between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, as well as the exploration of the former's imperfections and the tragic, complex past of his family, it gains an emotionally powerful, genuinely fascinating narrative component. Jude Law and Mads Mikkelsen's superb performances broadly contribute to this.
Too bad the first half suffers from the constant tweaks to the saga, taking once-important characters through irrelevant side adventures and repairing plot points established in earlier installments, seriously undermining the previous films and negatively affecting the pacing of this one.
The boat is no longer sinking, but the damage might be too much to continue sailing..."
Rating: B
It feels like The Secrets of Dumbledore spends more time allowing characters to blather on and adamantly stare out windows over actually delivering worthwhile wizard action, which is essentially what people want to see in films like this.
Full review: https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/04/18/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore-review-a-broken-franchise-filled-with-disjointed-magic/
Meh again.
'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' isn't any worse than the two films it follows, which is a minor positive at least. I'd actually put it above 1 but just below 2, though I'm splitting hairs really. I just feel all three are simply missing that little something extra, yet I'm not sure exactly what.
I also feel the same about the cast as I do for the preceding instalments, with the likes of Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law not doing much for me; though Law is at his best in the role here. I will say, however, that I did mildly enjoy Jessica Williams' performance.
The pacing is a tad iffy, if nothing super slow. The ending does feel delayed, I would've personally cut a decent chunk of it to be honest. The dialogue and humour is average, but one scene involving Pickett and Teddy did make me laugh in fairness.
All in all, I'm undoubtedly underwhelmed by these spin-offs/prequels to the great 'Harry Potter' franchise.
We just want Story. It felt like the entire movie was filler plot with no substance. Perhaps JK wanted it to be a trilogy and WB wanted more so they filled in a bunch of nothingness like the Hobbit trilogy or the Mandalorian.
