Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History

February. 27,2022      
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Stephen Fry embarks on a journey to discover the stories behind some of the world's most fantastic beasts that have inspired myths and legends in history, story-telling and film.

Stephen Fry as  Self - Narrator
J.K. Rowling as  Self

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Reviews

ChanBot
2022/02/27

i must have seen a different film!!

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Fairaher
2022/02/28

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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Marva
2022/03/01

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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Logan
2022/03/02

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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