The School for Good and Evil

How does The School for Good and Evil end? Do Sophie and Agatha defeat Rafal? We reveal all with our ending explained article!

The true love’s kiss between Agatha and Sophie opened up a portal that would allow them to go back to their town. Just as the film is about to close, a portal opens up nearby and Tedros’s arrow flies through it, getting lodged in a tree. She then tricks the students from the School for Good into attacking the School for Evil. The deans of the school – now released from the spell that captured them – arrive to see all the students mingling together. Although, they still get teased and taunted by the other kids in town. But Sophie pushes Agatha aside and takes the blow instead. Unable to find her way into the School of Good, Sophie soon begins to make herself at home in the School for Evil, egged on by Rafal and his promises. Agatha and Sophie return home, hand in hand. Read on to find out how The School for Good and Evil ends. The School for Good and Evil follows the story of two young girls, Sophie and Agatha, who are transported from their small medieval town to the fantasy world of the titular school. They kiss and it gives Rafal all the power he’s ever wanted. Ever since then, Rafal has been running the school under the guise of Rhian.

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There's Cate Blanchett as the voice of the Storian, recording it all in a giant book, and Mark Heap as the sniveling potions master Professor Manley. In Chainani's narrative, Honora and her best friend, Vanessa, have affections for the same guy, Stefan, who has eyes for Honora. While yes, the film's focus is justifiably on Sophie and Agatha's complicated friendship journey, the cast is as stacked with incredible grown-up stars as a Harry Potter film, with the School of Good run by Professor Dovey (Kerry Washington) while Lady Lesso (Charlize Theron) runs the School of Evil. [Reboot](https://mashable.com/article/reboot-review-hulu), so this was all the time that might have been available. While her friend Agatha (Sofia Wylie) faces abuse and persecution from the community, Sophie deals with it in her own home like the heroine of the European folk tale. "It was supposed to go in the stew!"

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[Laurence Fishburne](https://collider.com/tag/laurence-fishburne/) as the School Master [Michelle Yeoh](https://collider.com/tag/michelle-yeoh/) as Professor Anemone [Matrix](https://collider.com/tag/the-matrix/) character Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne has been staying quite busy in recent years. [Kit Young](https://collider.com/shadow-and-bone-jesper-kit-young-stunt-training-video/) as Rafal [Earl Cave](https://collider.com/school-for-good-and-evil-cast-earl-cave-netflix/) as Hort [Kerry Washington](https://collider.com/tag/kerry-washington/) as Professor Dovey [multiverse-shattering A24 movie Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://collider.com/tag/everything-everywhere-all-at-once). [Sofia Wylie](https://collider.com/sofia-wylie-interview-high-school-musical-series-disney-plus/) as Agatha [Cate Blanchett](https://collider.com/tag/cate-blanchett/) as the Narrator [Sophia Anne Caruso](https://collider.com/school-for-good-and-evil-clip-charlize-theron-kerry-washington-sophia-anne-caruso-netflix/) as Sophie [presented with a narrating voice](https://collider.com/cate-blanchett-cast-school-for-good-and-evil-paul-feig-netflix/). [Coming to Netflix](https://collider.com/biggest-movies-netflix-is-releasing-this-fall/) this week, this tale of duality and self-discovery is one that fantasy fans and fans of the novel alike can’t wait to be immersed in.

An adaptation of a YA favourite about two opposing fairytale schools is overlong, bland and utterly devoid of magic.

But the deeper purpose here is the straightforward regurgitation of archetypal Potterisms, from the lakeside training sessions to the handsome dining halls to the belief that everyone’s either a friend, rival or crush. Its determination to be like other things leaves the impression of nothing at all. With time and a daunting number of montages scored by such Gen Z-approved artists as Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, they’ll come to see through the glaringly phony divide laid out for them, mostly by Sophie learning that you can look good and dress in black.

Empty and endless, and too often leaves you wondering what's going on and why we should bother.

And the production design on both sides is enjoyably over-the-top in its contrasting extremes: the School for Good essentially looks like a wedding cake you could live inside, while the School for Evil is like a goth version of Hogwarts. Here, fellow students are whittled down to a single trait, and—as in the Disney “Descendants” movies—most are the offspring of famous cultural figures, like Prince Charming, King Arthur, and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Deauville [Cate Blanchett ](/cast-and-crew/cate-blanchett)as Narrator (voice) But when the bird drops Sophie on the evil side and Agatha on the good side, they figure it must have been a mistake and struggle to switch places. [Soman Chainani](/cast-and-crew/soman-chainani), “The School for Good and Evil” focuses on two extremely different teenage best friends looking out for each other in a harsh, fairy-tale land. The much taller, wild-haired Agatha ( [Sofia Wylie](/cast-and-crew/sofia-wylie)) lives with her mom in a cottage in the forest, where they concoct potions together; she has a hairless cat named Reaper and dresses in all black, so she must be a witch.

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Netflix is perhaps to be forgiven for wanting a piece of Disney and Warner Bros.’ action in this fertile genre, with dreams of sequels dancing in its head. There’s plenty of action along the way, as well as more wasted cameos, like Patti LuPone and Michelle Yeoh. Both operate under the oversight of the headmaster (Laurence Fishburne), in a place billed as “where the true story behind every fairy tale begins.”

Paul Feig waves a very attractive wand at Soman Chainani's book for his take on the fairy tale world.

There’s great balance to the whole piece, but the real heart is firmly focused on the friendship between Sophie and Agatha which is what really pushes this through as a memorable and fun watch. Cate Blanchett is also given a purposeful narrator role that is vital to the story and plays into the fairy tale tweaks that work well overall. There’s also no shortage of big sequences and scenarios thrown at us, from magic trials to two balls in each house so The School for Good and Evil never gets boring. In fact, the strongest moments throughout the movie are the smaller ones between Agatha and Sophie, as well as Evers misfit Gregor (Ally Cubb) and the initially haughty but empathetic Tedros. Clarissa Dovey (Kerry Washington) of the Evers – and the whims of their flighty Schoolmaster (Laurence Fishburne). [Harry Potter ](/movies/franchise/harry-potter)series and the musical book by Winnie Holzman for [Wicked](/movies/wicked), The School for Good and Evil explores the black-and-white notions of good and evil under the roof of a magical school that teaches the next generation of both.

The School for Good and Evil is a spellbinding fairy tale driven by strong performances and a heartwarming message.

Yes, there is a Prince Charming (Jamie Flatters), but if you expect him to be the one to save the school, you're underestimating the power of two lifelong friends. Michelle Yeoh is also one of the teachers in the Good school, leading a class on smiling. The world-building within the story is very good, as the story draws the audience into the different sides of the school, and you definitely find the characters you root for and those you kind of want to get their comeuppance. If Agatha's in the School for Good and Sophie's in the School for Evil, that's where they belong. Kerry Washington is so much the blushing, uber-positive Good teacher that she's quite hilarious, and Charlize Theron is perfection as the Evil's head teacher, whose eye rolls at the Evers are fitting, and made her feel like a real teacher in a School for Evil. Agatha, who is branded a witch by almost everyone in their hometown, however, gets dropped at the School for Good, and Sophie, at the School for Evil.

It isn't going to get points for originality to be sure, but The School For Good and Evil is a fun cross of Harry Potter and Wicked.

Complicating matters for both, but especially Sophia, is the truly evil force of Rafal (Kit Young), who was one half of a pair of brothers in the legend of this place but now clearly has gone into the danger zone and is hellbent on taking Sophie with him. Ally Cubb as Gregor, a pathetically misplaced Ever, is effective as the kid who just can’t fit in anywhere. Now it is a new generation getting an education under the guidance of Lady Lesso (Charlize Theron), who runs the evil side of things known as the Nevers, and Professor Dovey (Kerry Washington), who handles the good side known as the Evers (as in “happily ever after”). Still, Feig is too smart to just play this down the middle, and he lets his actors have a bit of fun in this admitted knockoff of some very successful works that came before it. On the other end of things, Holly Sturton is just fine as lovelorn Beatrix, the princess-in-waiting for Tedros. It isn’t going to get points for originality, to be sure, but long-gestating Netflix film adaptation of the Soman Chainani books The School for Good and Evil is a fun cross of Harry Potter and Wicked.

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The school went back to the way it was before, and Rafal was furious at the turn of events. Her true love for Sophie and her tears of affection was able to heal her wound, and she came back to life. He and the rest of the men of the school of good went hunting down the students of the school of evil. Just as Tedros’s arrow was able to pierce the vortex separating the two worlds, a dagger landed in the world of Sophie and Agatha. While Sophie expected to be dropped at the school of good since she had always wanted to be someone like Cinderella and she believed in fairy tale endings, she was dropped at the school of evil. The school of evil was created by Rafal, and the school of good was looked after by Rhian. She wanted to unleash chaos, and she had all the power to do so. While Agatha wanted to return home, Sophie wished to belong to the school of good. It is believed that she was taken to the school of good and evil. Since only good could be successful in archery, by hitting the arrow at the mark, Sophie proved to Tedros that she was indeed good. He explained to the girls that there could not be any confusion because Storian had been writing the fairytale of Sophie and Agatha even before they came to the school. The fights between the school of evil and the school of good were clearly silly!

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Before the credits role, we see one of Tedros’ arrows piercing the vortex between worlds with a message: “I need you, Agatha!” Needless to say, though Blanchett still says it, this is “only the beginning” of the story. Or as Rafal puts it, “Welcome to Never After!” Agatha and Tedros show up for the final battle against Rafal, one that ends with Agatha delivering the final blow. With Rafal defeated, the two schools are finally united, allowing Good and Evil to coexist in harmony. [The School For Good and Evil](http://www.tvline.com/tag/the-school-for-good-and-evil) follows two best friends — Sophie ( [Sophia Anne Caruso](http://www.tvline.com/tag/sophia-anne-caruso)) and Agatha ( [Sofia Wylie](http://www.tvline.com/tag/sofia-wylie)) — who are whisked away to the titular institution where fairy tale heroes and villains are made. The schools are plunged into chaos, Sophie and Tedros are punished, and the girls’ friendship is virtually severed. Complications arise when Sophie and Agatha meet Tedros (Jamie Flatters), a fairy tale prince with all the trimmings.