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Descendants

Descendants

Family · Adventure · Fantasy · 2015

A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen (Evie) and Jafar (Jay).

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Descendants

“They're not bad. They're just born that way.”

2015 Family · Adventure · Fantasy 1h 52m

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7.2 / 10

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A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen (Evie) and Jafar (Jay).

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Kenny Ortega

Written by

Josann McGibbon · Sara Parriott

Dove Cameron

Dove Cameron

Mal

Sofia Carson

Sofia Carson

Evie

Cameron Boyce

Cameron Boyce

Carlos

Booboo Stewart

Booboo Stewart

Jay

Brenna D'Amico

Brenna D'Amico

Jane

Mitchell Hope

Mitchell Hope

Ben

Sarah Jeffery

Sarah Jeffery

Audrey

Court is in session

Put Descendants on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.