This movie is not an interesting failure, but its failure does include one interesting element, or at least one interesting moment. It comes late in the proceedings, when--ever so briefly--a provocative point is raised, one that could conceivably turn the entire story on its head. But then they just settle for the light show, and all that goes by the board. Which is par for this course; the entire rest of the movie is a muddle, hard to grasp what's really going on, why it matters, where it fits in the (one assumes) larger scheme. And the ultimate payoff comes across mostly as a "huh?" Rowling does not seem to have the big picture figured out (she's listed as the writer, so this really falls at her feet). An empress who has no clothes should probably know when to duck indoors, and based on this effort, one has to say now would be the time. Enchantment lifted, for sure.
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