104 reviews
Everything ends here.....
Descendants franchise never disappoint, With the 3rd and last installment,Descendants never fail to entertain and touch us!
The loss of Cameron Boyce made the movie sad but still the movie was very fun to watch with great songs and the same atmosphere of the first 2 movies! So sad it ends here.WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU * CAMERON BOYCE*
- judetonynassar
- Aug 2, 2019
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Fails to Live Up to the First Two
- noahbmayfield
- Aug 10, 2019
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Good ending to Descendants, if not the standout of the series
Not my demographic, but I've always been fascinated by this campy, weird little world that combines mostly the Disney fairy tale movies with children-oriented high school drama and the modern day.
Though the movie suffers a little from franchise fatigue, this ain't half bad.
This isn't as strong as the first two movies. (In fairness, the script is more cohesive than the first film). The individual character moments just don't have the impact and charm of the previous flicks. This probably has to do with the fact that there are just TOO many characters to juggle by now. I mean the overall story films is resolved competently, some elements and characters are just handled really quickly. If you missed Audrey, daughter of Cinderella, (played by the Charmed reboot's Sarah Jeffrey) in the second movie, you'll be pleased to see her back. But if you liked Lonnie, daughter of Mulan, (Dianne Doan) from the first two films, you'll be disappointed to see her missing. I'm guessing they just didn't have time for her.
Crammed plot aside, this is an okay film. (I mean by Disney Channel Movie standards. I'd still put this near the top of them.) Story and characters are decent. The cast is strong and everyone seems like they're having fun. (RIP Cameron Boyce). I'm legitimately impressed how this movie takes itself seriously in it's own way. There is legitimate character development and use of such issues as redemption and morality. The handling of the socioeconomics of the world of Auradon, where criminals have been banished to a prison island and their kids are forced to grow up on it, is surprisingly complex and nuanced for a Disney Channel movie. (Again, by the channel's standards. The bar must be set accordingly.) If this is to be the final film, it ends the story exactly where it needs to.
The movie continues one of this series' biggest selling points: Its look. Again, we are bombarded by some delightully uber-corful and whimsical sets and costumes. I know the costumes are a little nuts, but they are just so distinctive.
Unfortunately, the songs go downhill. They are mostly weak or just okay. They just aren't catchy. The best in this is probably the villain song Queen of Mean, but it runs completely on style, and I don't know how many people will remember this afterwards. The dancing, however, still remains pretty impressive.
Overall, if your kids liked Descendants 1 & 2, they'll probably likethis. In general, number 3, while not the standout of the films, is the ending the movies needed.
Though the movie suffers a little from franchise fatigue, this ain't half bad.
This isn't as strong as the first two movies. (In fairness, the script is more cohesive than the first film). The individual character moments just don't have the impact and charm of the previous flicks. This probably has to do with the fact that there are just TOO many characters to juggle by now. I mean the overall story films is resolved competently, some elements and characters are just handled really quickly. If you missed Audrey, daughter of Cinderella, (played by the Charmed reboot's Sarah Jeffrey) in the second movie, you'll be pleased to see her back. But if you liked Lonnie, daughter of Mulan, (Dianne Doan) from the first two films, you'll be disappointed to see her missing. I'm guessing they just didn't have time for her.
Crammed plot aside, this is an okay film. (I mean by Disney Channel Movie standards. I'd still put this near the top of them.) Story and characters are decent. The cast is strong and everyone seems like they're having fun. (RIP Cameron Boyce). I'm legitimately impressed how this movie takes itself seriously in it's own way. There is legitimate character development and use of such issues as redemption and morality. The handling of the socioeconomics of the world of Auradon, where criminals have been banished to a prison island and their kids are forced to grow up on it, is surprisingly complex and nuanced for a Disney Channel movie. (Again, by the channel's standards. The bar must be set accordingly.) If this is to be the final film, it ends the story exactly where it needs to.
The movie continues one of this series' biggest selling points: Its look. Again, we are bombarded by some delightully uber-corful and whimsical sets and costumes. I know the costumes are a little nuts, but they are just so distinctive.
Unfortunately, the songs go downhill. They are mostly weak or just okay. They just aren't catchy. The best in this is probably the villain song Queen of Mean, but it runs completely on style, and I don't know how many people will remember this afterwards. The dancing, however, still remains pretty impressive.
Overall, if your kids liked Descendants 1 & 2, they'll probably likethis. In general, number 3, while not the standout of the films, is the ending the movies needed.
- jwwalrath-227-85487
- Aug 3, 2019
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Good movie
It was good.
The main reason why I didn't rate it higher was the writing. By far the laziest writing of the franchise.
Still the actors and directors pulled through to make it a good movie.
I found the First two to be better but that is my opinion still a legendary franchise for Disney TV movies
The Perfect Conclusion
I mean, it's a Disney Channel Original trilogy, so obviously it's not going to be perfect. But it's clear that a lot of thought and love went into this movie - definitely much more than I expected. I'm beyond satisfied right now.
Good
I Liked It a lot, it warped the movie series really well
- reddyeyealex
- Aug 4, 2019
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Ending on a high note
With a tragic death of Cameron Boyce even if there was a demand for a fourth
Descendants movie, there will not be one. A pity because this film ends the
series on a high note.
With Dove Cameron marrying young King Mitchell Hope of Oredon that's aroused jealousy in Sarah Jeffrey the daughter of Sleeping Beauty. There's also controversy about letting more kids from villains to mingle with the good people.
Jeffrey has gone over to the dark side and has cast a spell over Oredon. It will take Dove Cameron and her old and new friends to set things right.
There's a great lesson here about barriers we erect with the thought of containing evil as we define it. Something some politicians should learn.
Nice ending to the Descendants saga.
With Dove Cameron marrying young King Mitchell Hope of Oredon that's aroused jealousy in Sarah Jeffrey the daughter of Sleeping Beauty. There's also controversy about letting more kids from villains to mingle with the good people.
Jeffrey has gone over to the dark side and has cast a spell over Oredon. It will take Dove Cameron and her old and new friends to set things right.
There's a great lesson here about barriers we erect with the thought of containing evil as we define it. Something some politicians should learn.
Nice ending to the Descendants saga.
- bkoganbing
- Aug 9, 2019
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Ok
The music wasn't great, and they could've made the ending so much better. Also Audrey was awkward. The only things I loved were Cheyenne Jackson's acting and the Cameron Boyce tribute. Not saying I hated the movie, but it could've been better:(
- dootmaster
- Aug 3, 2019
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An instant classic
I am so glad Disney makes such well written and family friendly movies available to watch on the Disney channel! Awesome movie with a great message!
good!
So it's good for it's age range. The story is pretty good and they've definitely milked the series. I can see a forth movie. I do think that their costumes are pretty bad and lack quality for what i assume was a pretty decent budget... i doubt the kids care though!
- jupitersboba
- Sep 16, 2020
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It's okay.
- eugeniedemeyer
- Aug 12, 2019
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The Movie Was Great
The movie was great, really great, but what did it for me was that touching moment honoring Cameron Boyce. Truly magnificent.
- cece-44700
- Aug 2, 2019
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Final Crossing
- hellraiser7
- Sep 5, 2019
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My kids enjoyed this much more than me
As with the first two Descendants movies, my kids enjoyed them much more than I did. The idea of all the Disney villains being forced to live locked up (my magic) on an island by themselves does have a fun "Escape from New York" vibe to it, but this is the Disney Channel so there's teenybopper singing, dancing, and angst. For this installment, there is now a lottery of sorts where the children of a villains can get a a reprieve and get off the island, as did Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay. I found it odd how happy all the villain kids were for those chosen (this time the descendants Mr. Smee, Lady Tremaine, and Dr. Facilier's [they're really desperate for villains with that one]) when it wasn't them picked, but that's the good natured attitude of this film about evil people. Another annoyance is the film is padded out with some flashback musical montage sequences from the first two installments. Maybe the classic sins-of-the-father themes were an interesting starting point, as was the "Escape from New York" Disney villain prison island, but the songs are annoying and the petty teen drama is a lot to suffer through. Honestly, my favorite moment watching this film was hearing a cover of a T-Rex song during a milk commercial. But again, I was not the target audience for this film and my elementary age children absolutely loved it.
It's pretty okay
- SofiaHedge
- May 22, 2020
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Great
I am a huge fan of Disney so this may be biased but the movie is great. It's an amazing conclusion to the franchise and the songs and acting are really good for a TV movie. Loved it, fun watch.
- samharper-03759
- Aug 4, 2019
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Hopefully this will not be the end of the line.
- wetzelmichael
- Aug 5, 2019
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A good concept with terrible execution
- zomoragbon
- Aug 4, 2019
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Another classic
I'm a woman in my 30s and love these 3 films, especially this one. I didn't think i could watch it when i heard about Cameron's passing, but i brought up the nerve. So very sad. Very good soundtrack. Some of my friends were songwriters for some of them and I'm very impressed. These teens are all great actresses, actors and singers. Just amazing talent here. This movie was entertaining as usual. Well done
- AdrienneGrayceMusic
- Aug 5, 2019
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Good sent off for Cameron Boyce
- lisafordeay
- Apr 18, 2020
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FUN
The movie is a good one but can be confusing a little bit in my opinion . The movie is not bad but it is nothing special . In conclusion they ended the trilogy in a good fun way .
- nraposa-74971
- Aug 18, 2019
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It's Good To Be Bad
This movie series isn't the best. But the way it ended made it so good. The ending was touching, the acting was solid for my taste, Cheyenne Jackson was a great Hades, it was nice to have Audrey back, and the tribute to Cameron Boyce was the best. The songs were the best of all three movies. This will be forever in my mind
- brianlombardi-19902
- Aug 2, 2019
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Good to be bad
I did like the first and second movie Descendants (2015) and Descendants 2 (2017) with its good songs, good enough performances, and premises that are interesting and effective enough, despite the movie being by the numbers with its interesting premise and cheesy, cringey, or over the top performances or lines of dialogue; with this third movie I was going by the fact that this is the last Descendants movie, so I am just interested in how this will end the trilogy. The third movie Descendants 3 (2019) was enjoyable enough to watch like the last two with good enough performances, good songs, moments that felt rushed, a mix of over-the-top and standard characters, cheesy or cringey lines of dialogue, ok CG digital effects, and an annoying character that becomes the main villain; this film is not as by the numbers at the first, but there are things we have seen before like a liar reveal part of the plot or the way things are shown or executed, but mostly that the trailer for the film makes you think Hades is the villain but really it is this character from the first movie that I hated from the start.
I still like Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, and Booboo Stewart as the villain kids Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay who are all still well-adjusted to Auradon with one of them having something going on, despite Carlos, Jay, and Evie not doing much in the movie, they are just there to help Mal; Mal is now engaged to Ben and is dealing with what is the right way to protect Auradon, which makes some of her decisions understandable, and I kind of like some of the conflict on what is best for the kingdom and how to deal with certain problems that suddenly appear. Prince Ben played again by Mitchell Hope, was still not that bad of a character because despite not being in the movie that much, he is mostly there to show his love for Mal, along with him just proving his engagement to Mal and denying the main villain. Lastly, the rest of the characters including other students at the school were either over the top in their performances or they were a bit cringey, along with the dog Carlos is friends with being able to talk for no reason except to say something stupid with its decent CG mouth once again.
The main villain is Audrey played well by Sarah Jeffery from the first movie, though I like the actor playing her and the villain song she has, but I still do not like this character because of how whiny and idiotic she would sound when talking about what she wanted and deserved; also, she turns to being evil very quickly with everything being laid out for her so she can do whatever she wants at random, which was annoying, along with the Hercules villain Hades being entertaining despite not being in the movie that much. The focus of the movie, other than having Mal's engagement, is Mal having to team up with Uma to defeat Audrey from taking over Auradon, which was nice to see them slowly get along and become friends despite Mal having to make certain promises to people that leads to the liar reveal part of the story; there were moments in the movie where it felt rushed when revealing characters or leading into big scenes, but the songs were better than the first movie with decent CGI visual effects when using magic, and an occasional use of green screen and cool uses of sets that goes well with the entertaining dance choreography.
The third movie Descendants 3 (2019) was enjoyable enough to watch like the last two with good enough performances, good songs, moments that felt rushed, a mix of over-the-top and standard characters, cheesy or cringey lines of dialogue, ok CG digital effects, and an annoying character that becomes the main villain; this film is not as by the numbers at the first, but there are things we have seen before like a liar reveal part of the plot or the way things are shown or executed, along with how Hades has a connection with Mal to be begin with. Lastly, I will just say that this movie is not excellent by any means, but you can put this on like the last two, which is why I will say that I liked it as much as the first and second movie; it is hard to complain about this film because you know what you are going to get going into it, and for an ending to a Disney Channel Original movie trilogy, this was not that bad.
I still like Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, and Booboo Stewart as the villain kids Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay who are all still well-adjusted to Auradon with one of them having something going on, despite Carlos, Jay, and Evie not doing much in the movie, they are just there to help Mal; Mal is now engaged to Ben and is dealing with what is the right way to protect Auradon, which makes some of her decisions understandable, and I kind of like some of the conflict on what is best for the kingdom and how to deal with certain problems that suddenly appear. Prince Ben played again by Mitchell Hope, was still not that bad of a character because despite not being in the movie that much, he is mostly there to show his love for Mal, along with him just proving his engagement to Mal and denying the main villain. Lastly, the rest of the characters including other students at the school were either over the top in their performances or they were a bit cringey, along with the dog Carlos is friends with being able to talk for no reason except to say something stupid with its decent CG mouth once again.
The main villain is Audrey played well by Sarah Jeffery from the first movie, though I like the actor playing her and the villain song she has, but I still do not like this character because of how whiny and idiotic she would sound when talking about what she wanted and deserved; also, she turns to being evil very quickly with everything being laid out for her so she can do whatever she wants at random, which was annoying, along with the Hercules villain Hades being entertaining despite not being in the movie that much. The focus of the movie, other than having Mal's engagement, is Mal having to team up with Uma to defeat Audrey from taking over Auradon, which was nice to see them slowly get along and become friends despite Mal having to make certain promises to people that leads to the liar reveal part of the story; there were moments in the movie where it felt rushed when revealing characters or leading into big scenes, but the songs were better than the first movie with decent CGI visual effects when using magic, and an occasional use of green screen and cool uses of sets that goes well with the entertaining dance choreography.
The third movie Descendants 3 (2019) was enjoyable enough to watch like the last two with good enough performances, good songs, moments that felt rushed, a mix of over-the-top and standard characters, cheesy or cringey lines of dialogue, ok CG digital effects, and an annoying character that becomes the main villain; this film is not as by the numbers at the first, but there are things we have seen before like a liar reveal part of the plot or the way things are shown or executed, along with how Hades has a connection with Mal to be begin with. Lastly, I will just say that this movie is not excellent by any means, but you can put this on like the last two, which is why I will say that I liked it as much as the first and second movie; it is hard to complain about this film because you know what you are going to get going into it, and for an ending to a Disney Channel Original movie trilogy, this was not that bad.
- MB-reviewer185
- Mar 31, 2021
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Sadly disappointing
- Paarden777
- Nov 13, 2019
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Descendants 3
7/10 - while the songs weren't quite as catchy as Descendants 2's, this one made up for it with its incredible and timely message of not letting physical and emotional barriers stop us from seeing the good in others and the touching tributes to Cameron Boyce
- JoBloTheMovieCritic
- Aug 10, 2019
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