‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Reviews: What Critics Are Saying
The follow-up to the first of five “Fantastic Beasts” films, critics have begun to sound off on David Yates and J.K. Rowling’s “The Crimes of Grindelwald.” So far, critics have accused the film of using overly dramatic fantasy-action sequences and elaborately CGI’d beasts to distract from an underwhelming script and a needlessly complicated, low-stakes plot — though one critic finds a silver lining, calling the film “the first anti-Trump blockbuster.”Hovering at 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, the film’s star-studded cast includes Eddie Redmayne returning as Newt Scamander, Jude Law as young Dumbledore, the controversially cast Johnny Depp as Grindelwald, Ezra Miller as Credence, Zoe Kravitz as Leta Lestrange, and Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski.Here’s what the critics are saying about “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.”Variety’s Andrew Barker“The noisiest, most rhythmless, and least coherent entry in the Wizarding World saga since Alfonso Cuarón first ...