What is the Metascore for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has a Metascore of 66 out of 100 on Celluloid.

Where can I watch Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is available on HBO Max. Availability varies by region — check your local streaming guide.

Fantasy Adventure

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Item: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Rating: 3
Author: Marcus Webb

Directed by David Yates · 2016 · Last reviewed July 24, 2026

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Answer Summary

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) earns a 71% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

Quick Verdict

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

71%

Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

74% Critic Score

79% Audience

66 Metascore

★★★☆☆ Letterboxd 3.2

7.2 IMDb /10

Runtime: 2h 13m
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe , Emma Watson , Rupert Grint , Ralph Fiennes , Alan Rickman , Maggie Smith , Robbie Coltrane , Michael Gambon , Eddie Redmayne , Katherine Waterston , Dan Fogler , Alison Sudol
Streaming: HBO Max

Official theatrical poster for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Warner Bros.

Where to watch

HBO Max

Why this score?

Majority of critics rated it fresh (74%).
General viewers mostly liked it (79%).
Metascore is generally favorable (66/100).
Celluloid Score 71% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

Best for

Fans of Fantasy

Not ideal for

Viewers who only watch top-tier, 90%+ rated films

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Is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them worth watching?

Yes — Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earns a 71% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

Critics Consensus

Newt Scamander’s 1920s New York romp — creature comedy that soft-relaunches the Wizarding World before Grindelwald politics take over.
Celluloid Critics Consensus

Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

What is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them about?

In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.