Maleficent

4.00
    Maleficent
    2014

    Synopsis

    A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.

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    Cast

    • Angelina JolieMaleficent
    • Elle FanningPrincess Aurora
    • Imelda StauntonKnotgrass
    • Sharlto CopleyStefan
    • Lesley ManvilleFlittle
    • Juno TempleThistletwit
    • Sam RileyDiaval
    • Brenton ThwaitesPrince Phillip
    • Kenneth CranhamKing Henry
    • Sarah FlindPrincess Leila's Handmaiden

    Recommendations

    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      A few bumpy patches notwithstanding, the new feature is an exquisitely designed, emotionally absorbing work of dark enchantment.
    • 67

      Entertainment Weekly

      The characters are boiled down to their essentials, the humor is timelessly broad, and Jolie's at her best when she's curling her claws and elongating her vowels like a black-sabbath Tallulah Bankhead.
    • 60

      The Telegraph

      The action sequences are executed with rhythm and punch, and our heroine swoops and swirls around like Iron Man in a sheath dress. Maleficent may be short on true enchantment, but until we find a superhero who can pull off a black silk cocktail gown in battle, she’s very welcome.
    • 60

      TheWrap

      The aggressively unpleasant visuals certainly detract from the overall film, but Maleficent makes for a fascinating entry in an ongoing wave of projects that give “bad” women of literature a chance to present their side of the story.
    • 60

      CineVue

      Despite its pitfalls, Maleficent entertains because of Jolie, who holds the wavering threads of Stromberg's spinning wheel together with aplomb.
    • 60

      Time Out

      If you go into Maleficent expecting Jolie to be the badass of Sleeping Beauty, you’re going to get burned.
    • 50

      Variety

      Uncertain of tone, and bearing visible scarring from what one imagines were multiple rewrites, the film fails to probe the psychology of its subject or set up a satisfying alternate history, but it sure is nice to look at for 97 minutes.
    • 50

      Observer

      Why tell the Sleeping Beauty story anew? With this half-hearted film, Mr. Stromberg, the visual effects wizard behind such big-budget blockbusters as "Oz the Great and Powerful," "Alice in Wonderland" and "Avatar," can’t provide an answer.

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