Two best friends navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains—and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle...
Two best friends navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains—and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil—in this adaptation of Soman Chainani's fantasy novel, directed by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids).
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38 %66 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
66 %1,921 reviewsAudience score rating
14+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"The film... is a mess of contradictions: a muddle of clichés and inconsistencies with just enough charm and cleverness to keep you watching."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Potentially effective elements—as well as a stellar cast... get swallowed up by the overwhelming reliance on CGI-infused action sequences."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"A pair of teenage besties wince their way through an epic YA novel’s worth of flat lighting, arcane plot twists, and cheesy set pieces."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"The movie is very star-studded... But it has almost no momentum, which is very frustrating."
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NPR
NPR"While the original series runs to a half-dozen volumes, I have a hunch this may prove to be the sole chapter as far as Netflix is concerned."
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The Age
The Age"Great actors such as Theron and Washington and Fishburne ham it up to the point of distraction..."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times"An exhaustingly long, overstuffed movie that probably would’ve worked better as a TV series."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Silly, garish and eminently watchable..."
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The Times
The Times"Its 147-minute runtime is completely unjustifiable."
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Paste
Paste"An absolute shambles of a fantasy folly."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineThe School for Good and Evil | Details
- Rating
- M, Mature themes, blood and gore, violence, fantasy themes, scary scenes
- Runtime
- 146
- Genre
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Country of origin
- USA
- Studio
- Netflix Original
