The movie itself is not 1 Star, the effects and the cast were great. Can't say anything about that. However, it fails to deliver the 'Harry Potter feeling' to me. These movies just don't add up to the Harry Potter movies. All the 'beasts' look like they came walking down from Sesame Street. In the Harry Potter movies all the creatures were so mythical. The characters lack background stories and the general story line is all over the place.

Maybe I'm comparing these movies too much to the Harry Potter movies. But if you make something in the same universe, I think the least you should do is that it fits with the previous movies. See it for yourself, I hope you do enjoy it more than I did!