“The School for Good & Evil”
Movie Review
Directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay co-written with David Magee, “The School for Good and Evil” is a mashup of various fairy tales interpreted in different ways, based on the novel of the same name by Soman Chainani. While this movie doesn't reinvent the wheel, it goes a long way, and School for Good and Evil is a lot of fun, thanks to its stellar cast and solid character development.
Agatha, played by Sophia Wiley, and Sophie, played by Sophia Ann Caruso, are best friends who live in Gavalton, and no one likes or respects them. Constantly teasing each other on their daily walks, Agatha and Sophie rely on each other and their bond grows stronger as the days pass. However, after hearing the story of a young woman who is kidnapped and taken to a magical realm, Sophie wants to be transported to this particular place in an attempt to escape her suffocating home. When Agatha tries to stop her, the two of them end up in a fantasy realm of fairy tales, where the schools of good, the "Evers," and evil, the "Never," reside, and their mission is to maintain the balance between the two sides. Although Sophie believes she should be at a good school, Agatha ends up there, the headmaster, played by Laurence Fishburne, relying on the Storian, a magical book that writes the characters' fates. Things get even more complicated when the villain Raphael, played by Kit Young, returns and sets his sights on Sophie.
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