Sleeping Beauty (1959)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:29
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: This Disney dreamscape contains moments of grandeur, with its lush colors, magical air, one of the most menacing villains in the Disney canon.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep which can only be awakened by true... [More]
Starring: Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, Barbara Luddy, Taylor Holmes
Director: Clyde Geronimi
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Reviews for Sleeping Beauty
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 10/10 |
One of the handful of Disney features that can be rightfully called perfect. Full Review |
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B+ |
Has grown better with age. Full Review |
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4/5 |
The animation is -- as with all the early Disney's -- jaw-droppingly good. Full Review |
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5/5 |
taken as a childhood adventure, you can't get much better than this film Full Review |
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78/100 |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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6/10 |
...a fine family film. Full Review |
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8/10 |
Sleeping Beauty has been regarded as a minor classic for too long. This restored edition should reinforce that it's a classic, period. Full Review |
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The masterpiece of the Disney Studios' postwar style. Full Review |
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The hero and heroine are sugar sculpture, and the witch looks like a clumsy tracing from a Charles Addams cartoon. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
This was the most expensive animated film to date, and every penny was on the screen. Full Review |
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Mary Costa's rich and expressive voice for the title character gives substance and strength to it. Full Review |
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Although this rarely achieves the heights of classics like Snow White and Dumbo, it still has its moments. Full Review |
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The colors are rich, the sounds are luscious and magic sparkles spurt charmingly from wands. Full Review |
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A- |
Disney's last great fairy tale adaptation for more than thirty years, until Beauty and the Beast… a worthy successor to Snow White and Pinocchio. Full Review |
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Magical! Full Review |
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It may be Disney's purest cinematic fairy tale... Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Sleeping Beauty
August 29, 2008:
Disney Classics Begin Blu-ray Migration 
Good news, Blu-ray owners: you too will soon be able to purchase limited edition "Platinum Collection" versions of Disney titles, including "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,"... More...
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