This is an unfortunate film.

The acting done for Newt continues to be praisable but the package it's wrapped in is as warped and confused as an Obscurus. Characters behave out of character. The character count is doubled and even fewer of them feel alive. It's great to see Newt and Tina again but just about everyone and everything else was garbled by aimless writing. Was this really written by the same JK Rowling who built Harry Potter? You wouldn't know it unless her name was at the top of the credits.

I will not be going to theaters again to see what more of a mess the Potter writers cook up.