Though it never plays like a polemic, the film has so much it wants to say the emotional power that might have made it a classic is undercut.
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This review of Maleficent (2014) was written by Betsy Sharkey and published by Los Angeles Times on 28 May 2014.
Maleficent has generally received positive reviews.
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