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- It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Jolie’s performance and visual effects, with criticism aimed at the script and Stromberg's direction. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $758 million worldwide, and became the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2014, as well as Jolie's highest-grossing film.
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May 29, 2014 · The assault transforms Maleficent from an unabashed heroine into an anti-heroine—a straight-up bad guy, as far as the story’s terrified humans are concerned—and warps Disney’s vanilla 1959 film into a conflicted revenge story with an unmistakable feminist undertone.
- Animated: She's Mysterious
- Live Action: She Has A Backstory
- Animated: Her Look Is Iconic
- Live Action: Angelina Jolie Was Born to Play Her
- Animated: She's More Evil
- Live Action: Her World Is Bigger & More Original
- Animated: She Doesn't Reposition The Classic Story
- Live Action: She's More Realistic
- Animated: She's Not Restricted by Prosthetics
- Live Action: She Has Better Accessories
One of the greatest qualities of a Disney villain is their mystery. Audiences can suppose a great number of details about their backstories, or why they became so incredibly wicked, but they're also perfectly fine with accepting that they're just evil for evil's sake. Maleficent wasn't turned evil because she wasn't invited to a christening party i...
In many ways, the live-action Maleficent movies are investigations of a Disney character no one asked for, but in their telling, they have become origin stories that create complexity to what was always a two-dimensional villain. Angelina Jolie's Maleficent was once a beautiful fairy girl who lived in peaceful harmony with humans, but she was betra...
Though the prosthetics given to Angelina Jolie do make her look elegantly surreal, her hypertrophied features will never approach the elongated and chiseled countenance of the animated Maleficent. And her fiery eyes cannot replace creamy green skin! Maleficent's entire look in Sleeping Beauty is as iconic now as it was in 1959 when the film debuted...
There has always been something of the complex, challenging, and anti-authority aboutAngelina Jolie during her time in Hollywood. The daughter of one of its greatest stars (Jon Voight), she seemed to reject her status among Hollywood royalty and firmly position herself as its antithesis. Though she hasn't made nearly as many films as she could, her...
In Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent has no change of heart. She is not swayed by Aurora - the two have no cozy interactions in cottages together. She doesn't cling to the shadows, watching Aurora grow up over time because the fairies have made sure she can't find her. RELATED: Maleficient: 5 MCU Villains She Can Defeat (& 5 She Couldn't) When she does g...
Unlike the straight shot-for-shot Disney live-action remakes, Maleficent and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil have been films that reposition their central characters within the confines of classical fairy tales. This allows them to reframe the stories with some modern sensibilities, and explore new emotional themes. By Maleficent and Aurora being alli...
Some audiences will never rally behind the repositioning of the Sleeping Beauty story that the live-action films took as their approach. They will remain devoted to the fairy tale, and is that such a bad thing? The constant need for the live-action films to be "different" lessen their ability to be "timeless." Maleficent remains evil in Sleeping Be...
The Maleficent of the live-action films has been through excruciating personal pain. She's been hunted for being different and been betrayed by the only man she ever loved. She's seen the ugliness that exists in human hearts and knows not to trust a face just because it looks friendly. RELATED: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: 5 Reasons We're On Malef...
One of the great joys of watching Maleficent stalk the screen in Sleeping Beauty is marveling at her many and varied expressions. At certain times she looks puzzled, then demure, then coy, and then downright terrifying. There are times she even looks bewitchingly beautiful, though not in the exact way Jolie does. Throughout the live-action films, w...
We can't talk about the live-action Maleficent films without gushing over her wardrobe. Dripping in raven skulls, high-collars, and black velvet, Jolie makes the most of the amazing costumes that she gets to wear. And the best of her accessories by far is Diaval, who in the animated film was simply a pet raven. Diaval may have begun as a raven in t...
- Kayleena Pierce-Bohen
List. NEW. As a beautiful young woman of pure heart, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) has an idyllic life in a forest kingdom. When an invading army threatens the land, Maleficent rises up to become...
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- Robert Stromberg
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- Angelina Jolie
Visually beautiful but dark retelling of classic fairytale. Read Common Sense Media's Maleficent review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Robert Stromberg
- Sandie Angulo Chen
- Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley
May 28, 2014 · Maleficent is a well-intentioned, but unevenly executed endeavor. It feels as though Disney built a film around the tantalizing notion of Angelina Jolie playing this at once beloved and reviled...
- Roth Cornet
Maleficent: Directed by Robert Stromberg. With Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville. A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child could be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land.
Maleficent is a 2014 American fantasy film starring Angelina Jolie as Maleficent in a live-action retelling of her villainous role in Walt Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, itself an adaptation of Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale.
