‘The School For Good and Evil’ Ending Explained by Director Paul Feig
thewrap.comNote: Massive spoilers ahead for Netflix’s “The School for Good and Evil”A good fairytale is always full of action, adventure and love, and “The School for Good and Evil” is no different.
But for director Paul Feig (“Spy,” “Bridesmaids”), fairytales were always a bit scary, and more of cautionary tales than anything else — and that’s what he wanted for the ending of this movie too.“The School for Good and Evil,” now streaming on Netflix, follows Sophie (Sophia Anne Caruso) and Agatha (Sofia Wylie) as they’re plucked from their village and taken to the schools, which are responsible for training all the storied heroes and villains of the world, after Sophie wishes for admittance.
But when Sophie ends up in the school for evil and Aggie gets dropped in the school for good, Sophie starts to deteriorate. After all, she believes she’s a princess, and Agatha didn’t even want to come to the schools.Eventually, Sophie does earn “good status” — by fully embracing her evil.
Using her magic, she manages to trick the students of the school for good into attacking the school for evil. But in this world, the ironclad rule is that good can only defend.
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