2019 · family · fantasy · adventure
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Directed by Joachim Rønning1h 59m2019
Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.
Our read: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive family · fantasy · adventure entry — gentle in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle family / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
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How Maleficent feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want glossy fairy-tale politics with Jolie, Fanning, and a deliciously icy Pfeiffer.”
Skip it tonight — You need a tight plot; this sequel sprawls across two kingdoms and fey lore.
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