In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

Cast: Johnny Depp, Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller

Initial release: 16 November 2018 (USA)

Director: David Yates

Screenplay: J. K. Rowling

Film series: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Music composed by: James Newton Howard

Critic reviews

An enjoyable foray into J.K. Rowling’s imagination, bolstered by a more appealing Eddie Redmayne, but you can’t help feeling The Crimes Of Grindelwald is still treading water until future chapters.

Ian Freer | Empire

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the second installment in this J.K. Rowling series about a magizoologist, is so freighted with foreboding that even the would-be whimsy feels leaden.

Manohla Dargis | The NYTimes