The School for Good and Evil review: Why Netflix's fairy tale epic isn't so epic

‘The School for Good and Evil’ is based on the 2013 novel by Soman Chainani.

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It shares elements of both JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ series and the musical book ‘Wicked’ by Winnie Holzman.

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'The School for Good and Evil ' explores good and evil under the roof of a magical school that teaches aspiring princes and princesses.

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Director and co-writer Paul Feig adapted Chainani’s YA novels to visually narrate the story of 'The School for Good and Evil'.

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However, the movie is reported to be Netflix’s charmless fantasy.

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Teaching everyone the object lesson that conjuring a phenomenon on par with Harry Potter isn’t that simple.

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The few factors that delighted audiences are the two leads and their strong friendship in the movie.

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The storyline, however, gets tiring halfway through because it fails to truly engage the audience from the get-go.

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‘The School for Good and Evil’ makes absolutely no use of actors such as Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington.

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'The School for Good and Evil' is available on Netflix for a $6.99 subscription a month.

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