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Roth Films
Walt Disney Pictures
Maleficent Collection
Don't believe the fairy tale.
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.
Dr Nostromo
Mar 25, 2026 · via TMDB
79/100 This retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" is far better than I ever would have expected. I never paid much attention to it before and, after watching a trailer, I thought maybe we would like this. My wife and I loved it. Jolie, as the scorned fairy who regains her love, and Fanning, as the cursed king's daughter, were absolutely stellar. The magic and fantasy elements were well presented with wonderful visuals and a good dose of humor. Although there are some moments of violence, overall, this is great entertainment for the whole family. Highly recommended. -- DrNostromo.com
CinemaSerf
Jul 20, 2024 · via TMDB
Perrault's "Sleeping Beauty" is easily my favourite Walt Disney adaptation and this film takes up on by far the best character from that delightful animation - the wicked witch "Maleficent". It tells us how this true epitome of wickedness was actually quite a good-natured elf until an evil king duped her and stole her wings. Now that had to hurt - not to mention get her a touch irked, so she set out on a vengeful existence culminating in a curse on the young Princess "Aurora". As per the novel, the three good fairies take the princess to hide in the forest but the crafty witch tracks them down almost immediately and has some fun manipulating them all as the baby grows to womanhood, at which point this story takes an unexpected turn (from the book too!). The cast are really good in this: Angelina Jolie - in the title role - could have been a bit more menacing, but she is still on good form, as is Sam Riley as her rather kindly sidekick "Diaval" whom she changes into whatever she needs to do her bidding. Elle Fanning is just a little bit too "nice" (for me, anyway) as "Aurora" and Sharlto Copley as the rapidly losing the plot "King Stefan" just a bit too hammy but cutie Brenton Thwaites does a half decent English accent as Prince "Philip" and the three fairies inject some light-hearted comedy into the proceedings too. The whole thing, though just a wee bit cheesy, is still a really well produced watch with some superb visual effects. Though it looks great, I didn't like the ending, much - but then I always wanted "Darth Vader" to win, too...
Andre Gonzales
Jul 18, 2023 · via TMDB
Good movie seeing how maleficent became maleficent. Pretty bogus what they did to her. Now she fights to get her wings back.
BiGuy
Nov 28, 2021 · via TMDB
_TL:DR An enchanting retelling of a classic story which really holds it's own with the changes in it's story-line. If you love magical worlds, definitely give this one a watch! (7/10 on the Dragon-Scale for including two very badass dragons!)_ I truly appreciate the modern trend of humanizing the "villains" in a story, real life is rarely as simple as: 'This person is just evil.' and it allows for so much more depth and emotional investment in both protagonists and antagonists. Hats off to the visual effects team for making the Moors feel truly enchanted, with many magical critters and beautifully strange fauna all pining for your attention. Everything feels like it has it's own personality through their movement and design, making the whole movie a feast for the eyes. (And I of-course cannot forget the raven-like aspects in all of Diaval's forms. Raven dragon? Yes please!) As for the story, it takes great inspiration from the original but brings it's own charms to the table. Opting to take the 'Parental Love' definition of true love, rather than Romantic Love. Which is a decision I personally can get behind. (Even _if_ Maleficent is not Aurora's birth-mother, she has certainly been more of a mother to her than her biological mother. Which is another great message to send!) Lastly, what did I get out of the story? When we're young, we tend to be young, naïve and have an optimistic colorful view of the world. And something will inevitably happen to change our views and jade us. (Making our outlook darker and thornier. _Wink wink nudge nudge._) This new outlook will usually stay for years, if not for life, but sometimes we find something or someone who revives (part of) the child we all have inside of us that we wish dearly to protect. (The Moors going from colorful to dark and back to colorful again.) And I can certainly find myself in that.
r96sk
Nov 12, 2020 · via TMDB
Not as dark or deep as I was expecting/wanting, but it is cool to see a different telling of <em>'Sleeping Beauty'</em>. Angelina Jolie fits as the titular character, bringing with her a good performance. Elle Fanning (Aurora), Sharlto Copley (Stefan) and Sam Riley (Diaval) play their respective roles well enough, but neither come close to matching Jolie - as you'd probably expect. I found the special effects a bit iffy. It's not that it looks anything close to bad, I just thought it could've looked better. The score isn't all that memorable, either. I did enjoy how the plot unfolds though, mainly thanks to the lead admittedly. Intrigued to see what the sequel to <em>'Maleficent'</em> has to offer.
Kamurai
Aug 13, 2020 · via TMDB
Good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. I'm not a big Angelina Jolie ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider") fan, but she definitely nailed the part, and I felt for her when those things happened, so I'm definitely not going to say she's not a good actor. Elle Fanning ("The Great") is great, mostly an annoyingly happy little thing while she's awake, alongside wonderful supporting cast and gorgeous (and sometimes goofy) CG animated creatures. Disney definitely poured money into this to make it look great. They also spent quite the effort to revitalize the story. After rewatching "Sleeping Beauty" and some other variations (I did fail to reread the original story), I am definitely a fan of the direction they took. The original story was just so weak and empty, and this does one of my favorite things and humanizes a villain into an adversery into of an evil monster. I'm not a fan of how or why the 3 faeries get involved, but it makes some sense. And I'm very happy with how they handled the resolution of the curse. They created this awesome world which adds to the movie in a very special way.
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Angelina Jolie
Maleficent
Elle Fanning
Aurora
Imelda Staunton
Knotgrass
Sharlto Copley
Stefan
Lesley Manville
Flittle
Juno Temple
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Sam Riley
Diaval
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Vivienne Jolie
Aurora (5 yrs.)
Eleanor Worthington-Cox
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John Macmillan
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Tim Treloar
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Marama Corlett
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Steven Cree
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Fairies / Creatures (voice)
Terri Douglas
Curse Voice, Fairies, Creatures (uncredited)
Damon Driver
Court Jester (uncredited)
Josh Dyer
Stefan's Soldier / Henry's Soldier (uncredited)
Stephanie Elstob
Dancer (uncredited)
Craig Garner
Blue Suit Performer (uncredited)
John Heartstone
Soldier / Courtier (uncredited)
Matt Hookings
Stefan's Soldier (uncredited)
Ceri Jerome
Dancer (uncredited)
João Costa Menezes
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Matthew John Morley
King Stefan's Army (uncredited)
Jo Osmond
Blue Suit Performer (uncredited)
JD Roth-Round
Palace Guard (uncredited)
Julian Seager
Stefan's General (uncredited)
Daniel Stisen
Screen Combat, Soldier (uncredited)
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Ella Purnell
Teen Maleficent
Dean Semler
Director of Photography
Fraser Taggart
Second Unit Director of Photography
Anna B. Sheppard
Costume Design
Rick Baker
Makeup Artist
Arjen Tuiten
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Lucie Pankhurst
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Simon Crane
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Christina Petrou
Stunt Double
Ella Purnell
Stunt Double
Nellie Burroughes
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Annabel Wood
Stunts
Bobby Holland Hanton
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Stunts
Elliot Hawkes
Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Robert Stromberg
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Simon Crane
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Chris Lebenzon
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Richard Pearson
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Lucy Bevan
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Angelina Jolie
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Don Hahn
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Matt Smith
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Joe Roth
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James Newton Howard
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Jack Lawrence
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Lana Del Rey
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Tim Nielsen
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David Parker
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Gary Rizzo
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Frank E. Eulner
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Tim Nielsen
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