Review of Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) by Matt D — 09 Dec 2010

Fantastic doc about the revival of the the animated feature. Loved it.

This review of Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) was written by Matt D on 09 Dec 2010.

Waking Sleeping Beauty has generally received positive reviews.

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