2014 · action · adventure · family
Maleficent (2014)
Directed by Robert Stromberg1h 37m2014
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.
Our read: Maleficent (2014) (2014) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive action · adventure · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured action / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- inventive
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