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April 17, 2026
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When Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald hit theaters in 2018, it arrived with a suitcase full of expectations. Following the charm of 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them , this second installment had the unenviable task of bridging a whimsical creature-feature with a dark, sprawling prequel to the Wizarding World wars. Animales.fantasticos.y.donde.encontrarlos.2018....
If you want pure, joyful creature adventures, stick to the first film. But if you want to see Dumbledore’s backstory, Johnny Depp’s mesmerizing Grindelwald, and some of the best visual effects of the 2010s, give The Crimes of Grindelwald a second chance. It plays much better as a standalone dark fantasy than it did as a franchise cornerstone. April 17, 2026 4 minutes When Fantastic Beasts:
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5) Best watched with: Butterbeer and low expectations for plot coherence. Have you rewatched Crimes of Grindelwald lately? Does it hold up, or is it still a magical mess? Let me know in the comments! But if you want to see Dumbledore’s backstory,
Love it or hate it, looking back almost eight years later, the film is a fascinating, flawed, and visually stunning chapter of magical cinema. Here is why you might want to revisit it. Unlike the first film’s New York romp, The Crimes of Grindelwald dives headfirst into 1920s Parisian wizarding politics. We see the Ministry of Magic’s bureaucracy, the rise of pure-blood ideology, and the terrifying charisma of Gellert Grindelwald.
Revisiting the Magic: Why Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) Deserves a Second Look