Maleficent
2014, Fantasy/Adventure, 1h 38m
273 Reviews 100,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Angelina Jolie's magnetic performance outshines Maleficent's dazzling special effects; unfortunately, the movie around them fails to justify all that impressive effort. Read critic reviews
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Critic Reviews for Maleficent
All Critics (273) | Top Critics (71) | Fresh (147) | Rotten (126)
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As the sum of all its parts, Maleficent is a downright fun film.
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Angelina Jolie is good in the film, and I do think kids will dig this movie.
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It's a splendid-looking film. The effects are striking throughout, whether they are dramatic battle confrontations between humans and the forces of the natural world, or small moments of delicate detail.
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Maleficent makes two fatal mistakes, the first being a problem of narrative.
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Angelina Jolie is unimpeachably well cast as the hitherto evil - now merely misunderstood - sorceress who, outraged by patriarchal abuse, does what she does to the region's fairest princess.
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Undoubtedly, Jolie's performance will be touted as elegantly evil, but it's Elle Fanning's effervescence as Aurora that really makes this film glow.
December 13, 2018 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Maleficent
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Mar 31, 2017I enjoyed Maleficent. It is easy to see how Maleficent would cast that spell on Aurora, and how she might have second thoughts later. Angelina Jolie did a bang up job playing Maleficent.Red L Super Reviewer
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May 02, 2016While it may have Angelina Jolie in the title role doing a fantastic job, everything is weak - from cookie cutter special effects to a unbelievably weak supporting cast, but the biggest offense of Maleficent is the complete misuse of the title character, missing the mark so completely that it's a mystery as to why the script was made in this format.Matthew M Super Reviewer
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Apr 20, 2016A lavishly OTT computer generated universe sacrifices all heart that the story could've had. Jolie can't seem to make up her mind on how to present the character of Maleficent, drifting between a trashy scary drag queen and a brooding mistress of all evil. I think I would've enjoyed it more if they hadn't changed the original story like having Diaval transform into the dragon and her kiss being the one that wakes Aurora - though this is clever, it doesn't make much sense. Also the fairies are too weird and reminiscent of the bobble-headed Red Queen from Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. The film is so thickly drenched in CGI it becomes almost like a video game and that's disappointing.Harry W Super Reviewer
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Dec 28, 2014Disney bastardizes their animated classic Sleeping Beauty with the updated adaptation Maleficent, which follows the recent trend of de-vilifying fairytale villains. Angelina Jolie stars as a guardian fairy named Maleficent who is betrayed by a former childhood friend, causing her to seek revenge by cursing his first born child to a death-like sleep on her sixteenth birthday. Jolie gives an extraordinary and charismatic performance that makes Maleficent a compelling character. However, the film seems to go out of its way to belittle and malign the humans and the three good fairies. Additionally, Disney cheaps out on the special effects; delivering some really shoddy CGI. But, James Newton Howard's score picks up some of the slack by providing powerful and sweeping themes that heighten the fantasy quality. Maleficent has some good action and puts a few interesting twists on the original story, but overall it's an unnecessary and inferior retelling of Sleeping Beauty.Dann M Super Reviewer
Maleficent Quotes
| Diaval: | I can't do it without you, Diaval. Please help me, Diaval. |
| Narrator: | So you see, the story is not quite as you were told. |
| Narrator: | So you see, the story is not quite as you were told. |
| Maleficent: | No power in earth can change it. |
| Maleficent: | No power on earth can change it. |
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