The School for Good and Evil

A fantasy young adult film completely tailored to today's trends where everyone acts like a creep. It is trying too hard to be "cool", and after two and a half hours of this torture, it all ends with a cover of Britney Spears' "Toxic" — many would rather never see on Instagram again. It's astonishing how far Hollywood will go to cater to today's youth. Truly awful. (05/06/2023)

The School of Good and Evil dazzles at first glance with its cast and at second glance with its attractive sets and costumes. However, it is incredibly undermined by a very weak script and the casting of some, unfortunately, main characters. The actress playing Sophie was very bad and absolutely unsuitable for the role – she looked downright ridiculous at the end. Charlize Theron, Michelle Yeoh and Laurence Fishburne basically have nothing work with, which is a real shame given their talents. I was expecting School of Good and Evil to be darker, but what I got was more of a slapdash parody of Harry Potter with unlikeable characters and a really overblown running time. PS: Even 42 years older The Shining was able to portray a flood of blood in a more impressive way! (10/22/2022)