The School for Good and Evil

Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): October 19, 2022

6.0	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 44 Ratings

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MountieManiacJan 4, 2023

This movie had a massive budget, the effects are good, and the plot had good bones. That's what it had going for it at the onset. In execution though it flops so so so hard. It's biggest problem in my opinion is that it doesn't fully commitThis movie had a massive budget, the effects are good, and the plot had good bones. That's what it had going for it at the onset. In execution though it flops so so so hard. It's biggest problem in my opinion is that it doesn't fully commit to any of the themes it sets up. "Good people are pretty bad people are ugly", a good idea to show why the pretty people aren't all good and the ugly people aren't all bad. Nope it's ignored unless it's convenient and the bad teacher is the prettiest person there, why isn't she ugly?? That's just one example without a spoiler, there was massive potential here and it was all wasted.… Expand

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Riro28Nov 4, 2022

I'm struggling to figure out how anybody is rating this film positively, and multiple 10s no less. Bizzare. The film is predictable and bland with mediocre acting at best. Trashy is how I would explain it in a single word, but not even theI'm struggling to figure out how anybody is rating this film positively, and multiple 10s no less. Bizzare. The film is predictable and bland with mediocre acting at best. Trashy is how I would explain it in a single word, but not even the kind of trashy that can hold your attention. Avoid unless you're just curious to see how bad it is.… Expand

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MetacriticOnurOct 19, 2022

bad
[ bad ]

adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
bad
[ bad ]

adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.

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SupremeAnalystOct 20, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Please, Winx Saga: Fate did a better job at friendship between girls than this. The movie gave off all the wrong vibes. Don't recommend it to anyone - waste of time. To begin, the vibes the movie gave off were wrong from the very start and the settings was too unrealistic and underdeveloped. Also, the movie seemed to glorify evil more than good even though it kept saying good is better. The supposedly cool scenes were given to acts of witchcraft and demon magic and what not. Songs were played in scenes of evil being demonstrated rather than good, as if it was screaming: "do evil, it's powerful and cool". Also not a fan of the songs they chose for this movie, it didn't sound magical at all, just plain evil. Some of the actors were terrible at acting; some scenes made me cringe so hard, like the younger version of Sophie and Agatha at the graveyard. Some scenes were also too long and boring and others were too fast, like flashes of Sophie catwalking - also cringe. No characters other than the two main ones got any sort of character development throughout a 2.5hr movie - unforgivable! Some of the details were not satisfying rather creepy in a very unaesthetic way - like Sophie's hag form, biting fairies, blood magic with no specific source, and whatever Hort was eating (these truly disgusted me, but so happy they omitted the potty humor stuff from the book). Finally, the kiss at the end. I know its from the book, but it made me cringe in the book and also in the movie. I was hoping they would change it to something like Maleficient - like a kiss in forehead. Who kisses their dying friend in the mouth? I know there is a culture somewhere in the world that does that, but that does not apply here. Totally awkward. The ending was not so good either, of them returning to their own world and the cliffhanger was blunt - Narnia's return to their own world was 1000 times better and their music was magical. Overall, it was one of the most boring movies I ever watched and I wish to forget that it ever existed tomorrow when I wake up. Thank you very much.… Expand

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InsightspinnerOct 24, 2022

A cautionary tale in which the fans of a series seeking to uplift a stinker in order to have more time with their beloved characters is just as repugnant as the fans of a series downvoting reimaginings that hit too many cultural missteps forA cautionary tale in which the fans of a series seeking to uplift a stinker in order to have more time with their beloved characters is just as repugnant as the fans of a series downvoting reimaginings that hit too many cultural missteps for their narrow imaginings. Devotees striving to save trash are just as sad as devotees angered by diverse casting and unwelcome plot divergences. Luckily this is just entertainment and not real life. Oh wait these same folks are also responsible for the real life we're experiencing.

In their defense, "School" fans are just trying to get themselves a series, not as malicious as review bombing, because if they get what they want and come out to watch it, well that's how capitalism works. and I understand that. For the rest of us this film will make sure we don't waste another two and a half hours should any sequels materialize.… Expand

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