Katie

Those who are criticizing Disney for "portraying anxiety wrong" are forgetting that anxiety is technically a spectrum. For me, everything was extremely relatable with anxiety, but for others it could be completely wrong. I love how they made Riley more like an actual character this time around instead of a puppet for the main characters. And all the little gags and slapstick jokes are really funny and actually land. Another great strong point of the movie was giving some spotlight to Anger, Fear and Disgust while also balancing the new emotions pretty well. And I love how headquarters is a mess when Riley wakes up because "puberty is messy". The portrayal of Anxiety, and particularly the panic attack, feel very accurate, and they managed to do it in a way where it didn't feel like cringe. I loved this movie, and I believe it is worth the watch.

To be honest, I remember seeing the trailer and immediately thinking it was gonna be bad. Turns out, I couldn't have been more right. Maybe it's cause I'm no longer the target demographic, but the movie felt slow and the climax was ironically anticlimactic. This was a real disappointment, as I grew up with the Descendants movies. The best parts of the movie are the bits where we see Uma and the Fairy Godmother. I will also admit that I liked seeing the Rogers and Hammerstein Cinderella w/Brandy (though it does made Chad look weirdly out of place with his family) The characters and their designs look, off. They all stick to one color and it makes them look out of place on the set. And speaking of the set, it looks unfinished and you can tell where there's a green screen. The dance numbers are, fine. There was only one song I could sit through and even then the second half had me skipping the song. It lacked the charm from the original movies, and was entirely rap songs were it seemed like the characters were just constantly dropping exposition. I think my final pet peeve is how they literally retconned one of their most popular fairytales, Cinderella. In the original, she meets her prince at the ball with the help of a Fairy Godmother. In this however, Fairy Godmother goes to school with both Cinderella and the prince and is bad at magic. Not only that, but they meet at school and fell in love at a school dance. Either way, if you are over the age of maybe 10 at most, don't waste your time with this movie.