The School for Good and Evil (2022)

Directed by

Paul Feig

Genre

fantasy film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 27m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1,394 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two best friends are taken to a school that trains children to be fairy tale heroes or villains. Their roles get swapped, which strains their friendship and forces them to figure out what they truly are.

colorfulwhimsicallightheartedfast-paceddramaticmagicalfriendship-focusedvisually glossy

What happens

The School for Good and Evil is a 2022 American fantasy film directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay he co-wrote with David Magee, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Soman Chainani. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Sophia Anne Caruso as Sophie and Sofia Wylie as Agatha, two best friends who are sent to the Schools for Good and Evil. After their fortunes are seemingly reversed, their friendship is put to the test. The film's development began in 2013, when the rights to the novel were acquired by Roth/Kirschenbaum Films and Jane Startz Productions, with Universal Pictures initially set to release the film. After the project languished in development hell, Netflix took over in 2017, and Feig was hired to direct three years later. Principal photography took place in Northern Ireland between January and July 2021. The School for Good and Evil was released on October 19, 2022, by Netflix. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the narrative and storytelling, but praised its cast and visuals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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