If I were to play SR 4 , should I play the others first ? It seems fun and the ability to run around naked is a hard plus , heh heh , but I don ' t wanna miss any important story <| sep |> It is , gives me chills every time <| sep |>### Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016 BeastsandWheretoFindThem % 282016 % 29 Adventure , Family , Fantasy Abi Adeyemi , Gabriele Antonini , RobertAnthony Artlett , Lee AsquithCoe Director David YatesIMDb rating Unknown awaiting five votes Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2016 British fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros . Pictures . A spinoff prequel of the Harry Potter film series , the film was produced and written by J . K . Rowling in her screenwriting debut , inspired by her book of the same name . The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander with Katherine Waterston , Dan Fogler , Alison Sudol , Ezra Miller , Samantha Morton , Jon Voight , Carmen Ejogo , Ron Perlman and Colin Farrell in supporting roles . It is the first instalment in the Fantastic Beasts franchise , and the ninth in J . K . Rowling ' s Wizarding World . WikipediaCritical reception Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them received generally positive reviews from critics . On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 77 % based on 229 reviews , with an average rating 6 . 910 . The site ' s consensus reads , Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them draws on Harry Potter ' s rich mythology to deliver a spinoff that dazzles with franchisebuilding magic all its own . On Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating to reviews , the film has a score 66 out of 100 , based on reviews from 50 critics , indicating generally favorable reviews . Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A on an A to F scale , the sixth film in the Harry Potter universe to receive such a grade . WikipediaMore info at BeastsandWheretoFindThem % 282016 % 29 , Fantastic % 20 Beasts % 20 and % 20 Where % 20 to % 20 Find % 20 Them % 20 % 28 film % 29 , Rotten Tomatoes , beastsandwheretofindthem , . I am a bot . Send me feedback % 2 Fr % 2 FMovieGuidesubjectRe % 3 A % 20 Confidence 1 . 00 . Data sources and other i n f ormationrMovieGuidewabout .