There are people who are so enamored with JKR and the genre that they will love this movie no matter what. But, the movie was bad. It was more of a JKR indulgence. I went with my daughter, and spending the time with her was the only good part. It is true that the movie does not try to develop characters, it just presumes that you're already engaged conceptually. You simply get no backstories and things are just happening; I never understood why I should like or hate a character, and I could not get attached in any way, because I didn't know why things were happening and how it affected the story-line... For people already in love, they are not objective, but the movie was really bad from a "good story" perspective of critical review. It was simply an excuse for a movie. I love movies, and this was simply a bad movie. It was a bad movie for the genre or for any genre.