Maleficent

  • Theatrical - Wide 2014-05-28
Box Office Gross: $758,539,785
Running Time: 97 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures, Roth Films

JoBlo's Rating

6/10

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... See more 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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Reviews

Review: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

PLOT: When Queen Aurora (Elle Fanning) becomes engaged to Prince Phillip (Harris Dickinson), her Godmother, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) must deal with Phillip’s two-faced mother, Queen Ingrith (Michelle Pfeiffer) who's bent on destroying all faeries…especially her future in-law. REVIEW: MALEFICENT: MISTRESS...
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PLOT: Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” reimagined, with a focus on villainess Maleficent, who curses baby Aurora to a dastardly fate only to regret the decision once she becomes her guardian and surrogate mother. REVIEW: With MALEFICENT, Disney takes most of the...

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