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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

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Released Oct 18, 2019

1h 58m

Fantasy

Adventure

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Maleficent travels to a grand old castle to celebrate young Aurora's upcoming wedding to Prince Phillip. While there, she meets Aurora's future mother-in-law -- a conniving queen who hatches a devious plot to destroy the land's fairies. Hoping to stop her, Maleficent joins forces with a seasoned warrior and a group of outcasts to battle the queen and her powerful army.

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Critics Consensus

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.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

There's a lot of money on the screen, Angelina Jolie is once again really good in the film, the musical score is great, and some of the action sequences are cool. But the story this time around is even less investing than last time.

Rated: C

Jun 8, 2020

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

It just did not know what it wanted to be.

Oct 24, 2019

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

"Mistress of Evil" has its heart in the right place, but good intentions can't overcome a nagging blockbuster familiarity.

Oct 21, 2019

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Francesca Faccani

Loud and Clear Reviews

The new “woke” and conscious interpretation of the Sleeping Beauty story is a fairy-tale for the present time, the one we want to grow old with and tell our children about.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 21, 2024

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Samantha Puc

The Beat

There’s a distinct feeling that the filmmakers wanted this sequel to feel as stakes-heavy and intense as something like Return of the King, which is honestly just too ambitious.

Jul 10, 2024

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Kate Boyle

InSession Film

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil was a huge surprise for me, I found it vastly more enjoyable than the first film.

Rated: B-

Mar 8, 2023

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bee

loved from beginning to end

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/27/24

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Angelina

Amazing. Loved Angelina Jolie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/23

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Chloe

Definitely a must see sequel to the original!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/05/20

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Audience Member

NOT ENOUGH MALEFICENT! This movie is pretty long but Angelina Jolie AKA Maleficent is only in about 20 minutes of it total. Pretty disappointing as most people watch it for Maleficent. The best parts are the beginning and end. It seems more so like they just threw something together than actually took time on it. The dialogue was also incredibly cheesy, uck.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Charles B

Angelina Jolie was great in this role! She adopted the role of a sorceress with a disdain for mankind wonderfully, yet at the same time, you could always sense the undercurrent of her love for her adopted child and the desire to see humans and the fey living together in peace. Special effects and cinematography were excellent.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/20

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Antonio Reyes

Angelina jolie. That's it, that was the movie. She's the reason I watched it. She's magical.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/04/20

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Joachim Rønning

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Angelina Jolie

Maleficent

Elle Fanning

Aurora

Harris Dickinson

Prince Phillip

Michelle Pfeiffer

Queen Ingrith

Sam Riley

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Synopsis

Maleficent travels to a grand old castle to celebrate young Aurora's upcoming wedding to Prince Phillip. While there, she meets Aurora's future mother-in-law -- a conniving queen who hatches a devious plot to destroy the land's fairies. Hoping to stop her, Maleficent joins forces with a seasoned warrior and a group of outcasts to battle the queen and her powerful army.

Director: Joachim Rønning
Producer: Joe Roth, Angelina Jolie, Duncan Henderson
Screenwriter: Linda Woolverton, Noah Harpster, Micah Fitzerman-Blue
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures, Roth Films
Rating: PG (Intense Fantasy Action|Brief Scary Images|Violence)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 18, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 18, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $113.9M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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