This is as much bad, as good the first "Fantastic beasts" were.

The biggest problem is the story. The story is just a mess. Two years after I watched this movie I can't even recall what was the general plot. There were some some vivid scenes, sure, but that is all. How did it start? How did it come to that end? How were all of those people invloved exactly? I've got no clear idea now. Oh! There was Nagini somewhere in-between! Why? No idea, either...

What's worse, their attempt to introduce Grindelwald was not a success. To do that they cut the actual beasts' presence, and as a result, we have neither beasts nor Grindelwald. Very few of both, and none are really developed. The movie's called "Crimes of Grindelwald", but we see almost none of those. The movie is also called "Fantastic Beasts", but the beasts now play no major part. That's sad.

The only good part is Eddie Redmayne. He's wonderful!