Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is everything I hate in a movie – and then some. (I would have walked out if I wasn't with Marie.) The movie has 15 minutes of plot and two hours of CGI, most of which does absolutely nothing to do with the story or the plot. ("Mommy! MOMMY! I got a new CGI program! Look at all the fantastic beasts I've created! Can we hang them on the refrigerator?!")

That the movie wastes an excellent cast is also unforgivable. Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston have little with which to work, but the screen comes alive when Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler (a Muggle, uh "No-maj") all too infrequently appear together. And, there's a tiny little cameo in the last scene of the movie

The good news is that the movie is 2:15 long, so I had lots of time to look through my pockets in hopes of finding something sharp enough with which to gouge out my eyes. And, to ponder how the actors must have felt spending endless hours on a green screen stage, emoting to a tennis ball. I felt especially sorry for Eddie Redmayne in the scene where he's required to perform a rumpant mating dance. (Don't ask)

If you like the Harry Potter movies, you'll probably like this one. Otherwise, avoid like the plague.