REVIEW: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ a delightful return to the Wizarding World

Felix Albuerne Jr
Monkeys Fighting Robots
1 min readNov 15, 2016

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is J.K. Rowling through and through, and that’s a very good thing.

Returning audiences to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but in a new time and place, the film provides just enough of the elements that most audiences love about Rowling’s stories, while opening things up with new characters, tensions and intrigue.

Is it a perfect film? No. It’s a very good start, however, especially since it’s clear this won’t be the last film made using this setting and characters. (Read more: https://goo.gl/qLBxGI)

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Felix Albuerne Jr
Monkeys Fighting Robots

Cuban-Filipino Miami expatriate living and working in St Petersburg, Florida. Former newsie, part-time film reviewer, Trekkie, comic foodie and craft beer snob.