Starring: Jillian Bell, Isla Fisher, June Squibb, Santiago Cabrera
The magic is back, but the wand is definitely glitchier than ever before. Godmothered 2: A Fairy Modern Crisis reunites the effervescent Fairy Godmother Eleanor (Jillian Bell) and the pragmatic, modern mother Mackenzie Walsh (Isla Fisher) for a hilarious and heartwarming role-reversal adventure that spans two drastically different worlds.
The Hope Shortage
Five years have passed since Eleanor shattered the rigid rules of “Happily Ever After.” She has successfully implemented her new vision and now serves as the innovative Headmistress of the Motherland, teaching a progressive curriculum of modern magic focused on finding joy in real, imperfect life.
However, Eleanor’s revolutionary reign faces an unprecedented, existential threat. The Motherland’s entire magical energy source begins to flicker out and fail due to a devastating, global “Hope Shortage”—the mass decline in human belief in magic and optimism. This crisis empowers the rigid, old guard of conservative fairies, who stage a political coup, arguing that only a strict return to pumpkins, glass slippers, and traditional magic can restore their power.
Fairy School Goes Modern
Desperate to save the Motherland and her progressive ideals, Eleanor transports the one family who truly understands modern, messy joy: Mackenzie, her husband Santiago Cabrera, and their children, to the magical realm.
The goal is to have Mackenzie and her family teach the stiff, traditional, and utterly bewildered fairies how to find genuine, potent magic in the messy, imperfect, and decidedly non-traditional human world. This involves everything from coping with social media to finding romance in online dating, all lessons the old guard finds utterly scandalous.
Providing crucial, off-kilter magical support is June Squibb, returning as the quirky, music-loving DJ Agnes, whose wisdom and unique insights are surprisingly vital to the survival of the Motherland.
The film is a chaotic, glitter-filled clash of corporate efficiency and fairy-tale whimsy. It is a charming, funny testament that proves that saving the world—and restoring the essential human belief in good things—takes more than just a simple wave of a wand; it takes resilience, a sense of humor, and plenty of modern-day guts.