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Damsel (2024) is not in distress but it is dull
Indyfreak - wrote on 03/16/2024
A grittier-than-usual fairy tale about a princess (MBB) condemned to be sacrificed to a bloodthirsty dragon by a ruthless monarch (Wright). She turns the tables on her scaly tormentor and escapes her doom to take revenge on the kingdom that betrayed her.
The set-up for this grungy fantasy flick is promising but it's not as thrilling as it wants to be. The pacing is off (a common problem with Netflix movies) and the characterization changes on a dime. A young prince is introduced as thoughtful if conflicted but then is all too willing to participate in his family's barbaric ritual. The dragon is presented as a voracious man-eater that presumably ate thousands of innocent young women. Yet near the end of the film, it is suddenly meant to be a sympathetic character.
It doesn't help …
