Damsel Score Details “Netflix's Damsel is an entertaining and endearing, if forgettable, fantasy adventure.
Damsel Score Details “Netflix's Damsel is an entertaining and endearing, if forgettable, fantasy adventure.” Pros Cons Once upon a time, Netflix seemed actively interested in finding and elevating its own movie stars, but the streaming service’s efforts to do so mostly proved to be in vain. The actors that its original shows and movies lifted up six and seven years ago have since either moved away from the platform or fallen back into obscurity.
The worst thing that can be said about Damsel is that it takes itself too seriously. The film’s script, penned by Dan Mazeau, sets out to subvert the damsel-in-distress cliché that originated in the very fantasy romances that its first act imitates surprisingly well.
However, things turn out not to be what they seem when Elodie is sacrificed and thrown into a pit shortly after her wedding as part of a dark, generations-spanning deal between Henry’s family and the hungry dragon that has lived on their island longer than them.
It’s a credit to Brown just how quickly Damsel convinces you of Elodie’s nightmarish, horror movie-esque situation. The young actress has never been one to work her way through a scene half-heartedly, but Damsel ranks firmly as her most physically taxing project to date. Despite that fact, Brown throws herself fully into every set piece she’s asked to perform, whether it be something as simple as climbing up a steep rock slide or swinging a sword at a dragon that is 10 times her size.
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