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So let us say merely that her own particular career path often appears to be veering into an undiscovered country that at times looks an awful lot like Angelina Jolieland. I think this film is okay. |, January 10, 2020 A marginal improvement over its predecessor. | Rotten (151). The story starts out interesting and has a good first act and the third act is decent. Cinemark |, October 19, 2019 Treat it like a Disney movie. It’s also dispiriting because it has traded a fairy tale about female solidarity for a war movie about what happens when women assume power. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. And audiences will no doubt turn out again in their droves for what could be the actor’s final turn in front of the cameras. Hoping to stop her, Maleficent joins forces with a seasoned warrior and a group of outcasts to battle the queen and her powerful army. Maleficent grossed $758m at the global box office, but received middling reviews. But Jolie already has two feet in the directing pool and is more interested in giving us deeply personal projects which may or may not be utterly dreadful. Screenwriter Linda Woolverton, who worked on the first film, will return for the follow-up. From left, Harris Dickinson, Elle Fanning, Robert Lindsay and Michelle Pfeiffer. Don't have an account? She may have virtually retired from on-camera duties, but the tour-de-force star is surely too spectacular to end her career with a lazy fantasy prequel, Last modified on Thu 22 Feb 2018 15.41 EST. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her. Maleficent doesn't just lose her wings; they're stripped from her, against her will. Surely that would be worth taking a vacation, no matter how brief, from the Jolieworld bubble? Mistress of Evil is simultaneously overdone and undercooked, with a lot of the customary mistakes of giant studio entertainment. The singer’s producer, Stephanie Allain, politely explained to the incredulous Smith that there was simply no way of turning down her employer’s requests. This review contains spoilers. Maleficent is back and so is Jolie, who, with her augmented cheekbones and perfectly calibrated hauteur, remains the only reason to bother with it. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. It made a mint and that may explain why he was tapped for “Mistress of Evil,” though he does little but move stuff around, leaving the heavy lifting to Jolie and armies of special-effects workers. Maleficent is Disney's first attempt at a movie that stars a villain to be the main role; --- correct me if I'm wrong --- however, there's almost no attempt to survive this long movie. In truth, you just can’t wait until the wicked Jolie returns to the screen. Running time: 1 hour 58 minutes. | Rating: Catch It On Cable Maleficent goes to save her, and they tumble across the ground. Sign up here. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: Behind the Scenes - Make-Up Time Lapse, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: Exclusive Behind the Scenes - Flying the Fey, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: Teaser Trailer 1, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: Movie Clip - Don't Ruin My Morning, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: Movie Clip - Story of a Baby, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: Movie Clip - Turn Him Into a Goat, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: Featurette - Meet the Dark Fey. Good script, great actors, and a phenomenal performance by Jolie. | Fresh (100) Disney also confirmed it has cast Emma Stone to play the Disney villain Cruella de Vil in an origins story about the hound-hating star of the 101 Dalmatians movies titled Cruella. Jolie and Pfeiffer are fun but these movies ring hugely silly. | Rating: 3/4 Great twist on an old story: it's dark without being horrifying, and it's enchanting without being sappy or overly colourful. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw described her performance as having a “vinegary touch of panto”. | Rating: 5/10 Outside, Maleficent asks Phillip if he truly loves Aurora, and he says he truly does. The original film, directed by Robert Stromberg, fleshed out the tragic backstory of the character that was introduced in the studio’s 1959 animated musical Sleeping Beauty. Pfeiffer, as usual, is magnificently portraying the not so innocent and kind-hearted queen. Just confirm how you got your ticket. 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The Oscar winner has appeared only intermittently on the big screen in recent years, and has suggested that she plans to move permanently into directing. Jolie's performance so overshadows the rest of the cast (and the rest of the movie) that you sometimes feel as if the other characters are, like us, just standing around watching her. LOVE IT! Regal An experienced director of fantasy fare – Steven Spielberg or Alfonso Cuarón, perhaps – might have been able to help the movie transcend its monstrously contrived roots. | Rating: 3/5 She is becoming the Sophia Loren of our age. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Kevin Smith has a wonderful story to tell about the time he nearly made a documentary with Prince. |, April 14, 2020 Generic from start to finish, the sequel was directed by Joachim Roenning, whose credits include the forgettable sea adventure “Kon-Tiki” (I had to look it up, and I reviewed it), which is probably what got him the job heading up the most recent “Pirates of the Caribbean” installment. Fantastic film in every respect. In 2014, when Maleficent — rather than the prince — delivered the kiss that roused Aurora, it felt like an awakening. While it's far from cursed, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil too rarely supports its impressive cast and visuals with enough magical storytelling to justify its existence. The story starts out interesting and has a good first act and the third act is decent. Forget. On the one hand, the performances are great, especially Jolie as Maleficent. Robert Stromberg’s film took a whopping $758m at the global box office, yet failed to wow critics – and for good reason. Prince had been “living in Princeworld” for so many decades, she explained, that he had become completely incapable of engaging with anything other than his own deeply idiosyncratic reality. One review called the film "instantly iconic", suggesting Maleficent 2 will "open the fairytale universe in fantastic ways" thanks to its special effects and "mesmerising mythology". fantasy, Roth Films, Except for Angelina Jolie, exemplary as the fairy badmother who laid a narcotic curse on an infant princess, this pricey live-action drama is a dismaying botch. Forgot your password? Pioneering Saudi film-maker has cast the young Maleficent actor as the Frankenstein author in A Storm in the Stars, writes Ben Child, Available for everyone, funded by readers, Angelina Jolie, Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning do their best to justify a second revisionist fairytale, but CGI battles replace narrative clarity, Seven-time Oscar winner famous for An American Werewolf in London says animatronics and monster makeup have largely been replaced by CGI in 2015, New version of the story of the mischievous fairy announced six months after Twentieth Century Fox leaked details of rival project starring Melissa McCarthy, AA Milne’s much-loved children’s classic to be revived by Disney as a live action film, following success of Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella, Nine exclusive games. Maleficent 2 joins a slate of forthcoming Disney live-action sequels and remakes that draw on the studio’s animated back catalogue. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.