Cast : Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol Director : JK Rowling
It was 15 years ago that we met Harry Potter, Hermoine and Ron on screen. We grew up with them, learned life lessons with them and bid them a teary goodbye five years back. Now, a decade and a half later, their universe is expanding. With Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, we are entering a world where there is no Harry Potter but a lot of magic. Can we accept Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander and his No-Maj (American for Muggles) sidekick Jacob Kowalski like we did Harry and gang? That is the litmus test this film has to pass before we commit to live it for the next decade for this is yet another tent-pole that will live and breathe as the original Harry Potter generation greys at the temples and head towards middle-age. Now this is what the film has in its favour — director Davis Yates has returned to the wizarding world after helming the last four films in the franchise and JK Rowling writing its script. A talented cast and the fact that the film is confident enough not to reference Harry Potter franchise adds to your confidence. The film opens in 1926 as a bumbling magizoologist Newt Scamander (he would write a book on magical beasts that Harry would later study at Hogwarts) arrives in New York. he has many magical beasts in his suitcase and expects to find more while in America. Once there, he realises a dark force is destroying the city piece-by-piece. As anti-wizard sentiment takes hold, Newt will be joined by Jacob, a witch Porpentina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) and her sister Queenie (Alison Sudol) as they hunt through Manhattan for magical beasts and understand the dark force better. And there is Percival Graves (Colin Farrell), a wizarding police officer who is too cool for school. It seems it is time to buy some popcorn and get a helping of magic.
Source: Express Web
