Disney+ · 2015 · Movie
Descendants
The children of famous villains are let out of an island prison and into a prep school that wants them charming.
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A song about being good, aimed at the children of brands. Light, and shallower than the lesson it announces.
Ben, the son of Belle and the Beast, thinks mercy is letting the villain kids into Auradon. Mal and her friends think a heist is the point, and then think friendship might be. The island is a collective punishment, which is the interesting idea, and the film drops it for a coronation number. Parents are cameos. Goodness is a style that wins the dance.
A child who wants it can watch one. Say that a person's parent is not their sentence, and that a song is not a character. If they want the sequel immediately, you have learned that the product works. Stop after one anyway.
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Judge a child by what they do this week, not by their parent's reputation. And do not accept a dance as the reform.
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The eight
Industry
3/10
A school of privilege. Little work.
Household
4/10
Parents as famous silhouettes. The teenagers are the whole company.
Piety
2/10
Goodness as school spirit.
Courage
4/10
They risk the plan for each other, late.
Republic
4/10
A kingdom as a campus.
Temperance
4/10
Mischief is the texture, redeemed on schedule.
Truth
5/10
The better line is that a child is not the parent. The film does say it.
Stewardship
4/10
What is handed on is a franchise of famous names.
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