9/1/2023 0 Comments Fantastical beast movie![]() Meanwhile, Director of Magical Security Percival Graves ( Colin Farrell) is quietly tracking the possible source of the dark magic. Eventually, the two men, Tina, and her mind-reading sister, Queenie (Alison Sudol), end up working together to find Newt's missing creatures and clear their names of any connection to the forces of darkness that have killed a prominent No-Maj. When demoted Auror (magical law enforcement officer) Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) discovers that Scamander has not only lost a few of his beasts but has also exposed a No-Maj (short for "no magic" - the American term for Muggles) bystander, Kowalski ( Dan Fogler), to the magical realm, she tries to bring him in, only to be shooed away by her superiors. Unfortunately for Scamander, a few of his friends - which are illegal to breed or keep in the United States - escape right around the same time that the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA) is investigating a series of dark magical events. British magizoologist Newt Scamander ( Eddie Redmayne) arrives in Manhattan with a briefcase full of magical creatures. Just keep in mind how they did with Harry Potter and what specific concerns you might have, as all kids are different.įANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM opens in 1926. Don’t let the reviews here scare you off from watching this with your kids. ![]() Seeing as our kids had already experienced all of Harry Potter this was not an issue for them but if your kids have not seen those movies or read the books this could be too much for them. There certainly is a lot of adventure, and fighting, and yes, death. I found them very mild, if noticeable at all to children. Some reviewers have complained about the sexual innuendos. Fantastic beasts is funny, exciting and very pleasant to watch given the costumes and time period. As a parent I enjoyed Fantastic Beasts much more than I enjoyed the Harry Potter movies, which paled in comparison to the books. Granted, both of our kids have read all of the Harry Potter books and then saw all of the Harry Potter movies. ![]() My husband and I watched this movie with our 8-year-old and our 10-year-old. So many of the reviews of this movie here seem very conservative in their age recommendations. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. But themes and messages include curiosity, compassion, and courage, and the main characters are all strong role models. Unlike the original Harry Potter movies, the main characters here are all adults, and the story is much more of a grown-up suspense/thriller than a kid-centric adventure. One scene takes place in a speakeasy, where adult characters order drinks, and there's a bit of light romance between couples that ends in goodbye kisses, longing looks, and brief caresses. A character's mother beats him with a belt (welts, cuts are shown on his hands). ![]() Wizards engage in wand battles, two wizards are sentenced to death and nearly killed, and an out-of-control form of magic nearly destroys whole swaths of Manhattan. There's also mass destruction, although the property destroyed is magically fixed, and the minds of the No-Maj ("no magic") folks are always erased. As per usual in the Potter saga, you can expect plenty of fantasy violence, some of which ends in deaths (a couple are pretty gruesome). Rowling's original story, it takes place in 1920s New York City and follows Newt Scamander ( Eddie Redmayne), a magizoologist and author of a Hogwarts textbook that catalogs magical creatures. Parents need to know that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a prequel to the Harry Potter movies. ![]()
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