Why That ‘Damsel’ Ending Is an ‘Inverted Version of Happily Ever After’

WARNING: The following fully spoils the plot of “Damsel” on Netflix. Read on if you dare.

By the end of Netflix’s new fantasy feature film “Damsel,” Elodie (Millie Bobby Brown) and the mother dragon (voiced by Shohreh Aghdashloo), who she battles for most of the story, share a ride — or a sail, rather — off into the sunset. It’s a happy ending, hard-earned through their prolonged encounter in the caverns where the dragon lives.

Scribe Dan Mazeau unpacked that “Damsel” ending, and he wants viewers to embrace the unknown nature of the duo’s fate at the end of the film.