From beginning to end this megabucks production serves only the purpose of displaying as many creatures from the potter series as possible in a standard runtime.

Plot wise it's as predictable as you'd expect from a children movie - this is a kids movie, right? - you can watch it with one eye open and still get terribly bored.

Of note: despite being its sole purpose, the cgi can be oh-hum at times, and several scenes are so badly lit that the green screens are obvious. In short , it even fails at what little expectations you may have of it.