It was already apparent with the first Fantastic Beasts movie, two years ago, that while “J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World”—as we’re invited to call it—is still open for business, the specific magical realm of Harry Potter remains closed. The Beasts movies so far have little of the charm of the best Potter films. Newt Scamander—the “magizoologist” played by Eddie Redmayne—is an appealingly quirky protagonist, and the duck-billed Niffler nestled inside his otherworldly creature suitcase can only be called adorable. But long gone are the days of cute kid wizards in their Hogwarts robes scurrying up and down the school’s shifting staircases to attend classes taught by some of Britain’s finest character actors, writes Kurt Loder.
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