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By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 09 Nov 2018

Maleficent should be more than just a Hollywood-style middle-aged mean girl with a copycat Norma Desmond-like disposition drowning in amusement…

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By Debbie Baldwin (220) for Ladue News (220) on 02 Nov 2018

Jolie is amazing here. She makes the iconic sorceress equal parts vicious and vulnerable…

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By Johnny Gayzmonic (188) for Fanboys of the Universe (188) on 02 Nov 2018

A shaky, yet enjoyable film that rests entirely on Angelina Jolie's impeccably crafted cheekbones…

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By Jennifer Heaton (346) for Alternative Lens (346) on 01 Nov 2018

Maleficent ends up doing little to make this tired old tale seem any more interesting and actually does more to destroy it…

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By Aaron Peterson (245) for The Hollywood Outsider (262) on 22 Oct 2018

Maleficent changes the story you know, there is simply no getting around that…

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By Nguyen Le (136) for The Script Lab (63) on 09 Oct 2018

I've just watched Snow White and the Huntsman again, wondering about all the potential it could've reached. And that is the real evil here…

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By Anne Brodie (132) for What She Said (131) on 28 Aug 2018

This is a radical retelling of the old fairy tale. Traditionalists will be shocked by this version but there is all new humanity in it…

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By Marcianne Miller (52) for Bold Life (Hendersonville, NC) (39) on 23 Aug 2018

Angelina Jolie was beyond perfection -- she wasn't playing the role of the wronged fairy -- she was the fairy, raging in all her queenly grief…

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By Eve Tushnet (62) for The American Spectator (4) on 06 Aug 2018

The dialogue is aggressively bland; it's the worst part of the movie by far…

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By Tom Fitzgerald And Lorenzo Marquez (14) for Tom & Lorenzo (14) on 18 Jun 2018

There are times when it's fun, but it's never as fun as it could've and should've been…

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By Camilla Long (212) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 04 Jan 2018

Perhaps the only straightforward thing about it is its linear narrative, which in the days of endless flashbacks and flashforwards feels almost…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 21 Nov 2017

It's a good movie, but it's hard to walk away without feeling like something was off - the story, the king, take your pick…

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By Sarah Marrs (566) for Cinesnark (167) on 18 Oct 2017

An eye for visuals is not the same thing as being capable of visually telling an interesting story…

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By Brigit Grant (51) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 17 Aug 2017

On the basis that most of us are happy staring right back at Ms Jolie, you get what you pay for, and with the added bonus of scenery that looks…

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By Peg Aloi (89) for Patheos (85) on 07 Aug 2017

Maleficent is genuinely entertaining, beautiful, and thought-provoking…

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By Lisa Rosman (132) for Signature (102) on 03 Aug 2017

As Maleficent dawdles along, it not only veers from Disney's traditional values but also - alas, alack - from the studio's recent foray into…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Saporta Report (Atlanta) (228) on 06 Jul 2017

Jolie's charisma has always been even more powerful than her considerable cheekbones (and they are even more considerable here)…

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By Tara Thorne (211) for The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (715) on 09 Mar 2017

The final battle, where Maleficent takes on her ex and his army, is exciting and horrible, but the movie leading up to it feels like an underwritten…

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By Sonny Bunch (405) for Washington Free Beacon (282) on 13 Jul 2016

Jolie is perfectly suited for the role, letting everyone know with her eyes when she's just funnin' and when she's actually angry…

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By Becky Suter (22) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 10 Jul 2016

[Disney] has learned plenty from Pixar's special move of subverting traditional perceptions of good and evil, mixing it with the love of a…

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