While Harry Potter films took us to an exotic magical world brimming with wonders and enchantment in every nook and corner, Fantastic Beasts imports the otherworldly to the sober real world, setting them together. And the obvious friction between the two worlds that is bound to ensue provides the plot - with a bold political overtone taking a dig at the intolerance for the immigrants that is stirring the US at the moment.
It's the '20s America (decades before Potter), passionately sceptic of wizards and witches, and magic is already taboo. Pacts are in place to impose stringent ....