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Descendants

Play trailer Poster for Descendants TV-G 2015 1h 52m Kids & Family Comedy Action Adventure Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Ben, the teenaged son of King Beast and Queen Belle, invites the exiled children of defeated villains to attend a prep school with the heroes' children.
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Memorable songs and excellent casting help turn Descendants into a decidedly wicked musical romp.

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Shirley Li Entertainment Weekly Descendants moves quickly through its two-hour-long running time, builds momentum off of a handful of peppy tunes, and delivers a colorful confection that's sure to impress the younger crowd. Sep 9, 2019 Full Review Brian Lowry Variety The movie boasts a stronger, more assured story than most of the recent youth-oriented live-action musicals Disney has offered, with plenty of brightly colored bells and whistles as well as songs that range from Broadway to rap. Sep 9, 2019 Full Review Amy Amatangelo The Hollywood Reporter Will Descendants create the next Zac Efron or Vanessa Hudgens? Of the crowd, [Dove] Cameron seems to have the most star potential. Sep 9, 2019 Full Review Jodi Smith Pajiba The lesson of Descendants is to choose love instead of hate. Those are definitely lessons worth learning, even if they are dressed in song and dance numbers and simplistic dialogue. Sep 9, 2019 Full Review Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette At 111 minutes, Descendants feels too long and overly tactical. Sep 9, 2019 Full Review Emily Ashby Common Sense Media This much-anticipated fairy tale add-on isn't perfect, but it's highly entertaining in the kind of young-love, flash-mob, song-and-dance manner that tends to thrill the youngsters Rated: 4/5 Sep 9, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Damien F Unfortunate that Rotten Tomatoes don't offer an option to give Negative stars. This movie is terrible, don't let the high Critic ratings deceive you. The movie was filled with under average acting, D grade Actors, and even worse acting coming from them, overly terrible CGI, that would make most directors question their life choices, and the worst, TERRIBLE Costumes that would make 8th grade Drama look like a Christopher Nolan movie, the script was atrocious too made the acting seem even worse, and the worst, the songs. The songs were terrible, repetitive, filled with terrible autotune, and dance chorography. Would not recommend to my worst enemies and would certainly not watch this myself. Save yourself the pain and DO NOT buy or watch this movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/30/25 Full Review Audience Member My favourite movie ever since i was a kid!! Probably have re-watched it about 20 times no joke, still remember every word. A must see movie for kids😊 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/23/25 Full Review Ava S mostly nostalgia, so I still know every word Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/12/25 Full Review Clara G I love this movie so much I def. recommend it Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/10/25 Full Review Chase L badddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/06/25 Full Review Alec B Cute concept. Cheap costumes, baaaad acting and songs. With just how cringy this film was, I'm surprised it got the critical acclaim that it did, but perhaps Disney Channel original movies are held to a different bar? For the kiddos who love Disney lore, this one will definitely entertain, but boy was this cringy. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/14/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Ben, the teenaged son of King Beast and Queen Belle, invites the exiled children of defeated villains to attend a prep school with the heroes' children.
Director
Kenny Ortega
Producer
Tracey Jeffrey
Screenwriter
Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott
Production Co
Disney Channel, A 5678 Production, Bad Angels Productions
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 18, 2017
Runtime
1h 52m
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