CAST: Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville
DIRECTOR: Robert Stromberg
LANGUAGE: English
OPENING: 29 May 2014
RUNTIME: 98 minutes
RATING: PG
From Disney comes “Maleficent”—the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” 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. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal—an act that begins to turn her pure heart to 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 perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.
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I always thought fairy tales depicted in movies are too short. This one too. A different story narrated by the "Sleeping Beauty". Quite flat, the plot... this easily bored DC or boys. I think this is still alright, from a girl (or rather, woman's) point of view.
