Fantastic Beasts: 10 Reasons Why The Crimes Of Grindelwald Is A Massive Disappointment

The Crimes of Grindelwald is a film completely without structure. Which is a strange thing to say about a film written by one of the most acclaimed writers of the last few decades but here we are, nonetheless.

There isn't a central narrative to the film. Instead, it spends the entirety of its runtime haphazardly jumping back and forth between a litany of subplots, none of which connect or even intermingle until the third act. And almost all of them are completely unnecessary.

Do we really need an entire portion of the film covering how Queenie gets mad at Jacob because he's upset at her for putting him under hypnosis, so then she runs away but gets upset when she can't find him again (even though he's literally a street away because convenience, but that's a rant for a different list) and eventually goes to Grindelwald's apartment and falls for his bit because he says the word love?

If that all sounds ridiculous and needlessly convoluted, it is, as are all of its threads. Credence is looking for his mother, Tina and Grindelwald are looking for Credence, Newt is looking for Tina, Leta Lestrange is trying to come to terms with her past, and the Ministry of Magic is looking for Newt. All of these needlessly tie knots into themselves, trying to cover up the fact that the film has no central narrative push or purpose.