Fantastic Beasts and where to find them follows a British wizard Newt as he try's to round up the magical creatures that were set loose in New York City.

I loved Newt played by Eddie Redmayne, he is a extremely likeable character. His goal is to show the world that these magical creatures don't need to be feared.

Dan Fogler was amazing as Jacob the muggle or Nomaj. Not only he is hilarious but he never felt like a side character. He crucial to the story by being this character that is essentially the audience. He shows us what it's like to be a regular guy in a world of magic.

Katherine Waterston and Alison Sudol were both great as Tina and Queenie. Along with Collin Ferrell as Graves, who I which was given more screen time.

The story itself is really broken up into two plots for the first half. The first being the search for these magical creatures which is extremely entertaining and well done. It gives us the magical elements that are highly entertaining all while building these characters which are very likeable.

The other being graves investigation into strange disturbances that are revealing the wizarding world to the muggles. That second story is really misplaced, every scene that is building that story makes the film seem slow and it takes away from the fantastic beasts side.

When the two story's finally do connect there is a period of down time where we just get a exposition dump and again it slows the movie way down.

Overall this is a good film and gives us some really enjoyable characters and a fun entertaining plot, but it is dragged down by the film's attempt to create a villainous presence that never really sticks. If you enjoyed the Harry Potter films you will enjoy this film.

7.5/10.