Review of Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) by James W — 07 Jul 2016

What a great movie. Takes a very real and humor-filled look at what it took to create some of the best animation of all time.

This review of Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) was written by James W on 07 Jul 2016.

Waking Sleeping Beauty has generally received positive reviews.

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