Angelina Jolie, Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning do their best in second revisionist fairytale, but CGI battles kill the story This sequel has got a great cast. It's not just Angelina Jolie reprising her post-fairytale turn as Maleficent from the 2014 film, the wicked witch from the Sleeping Beauty story who isn't quite as wicked as all that and whose reputed wickedness may simply be a function of patriarchal mythology. There's also the estimable Elle Fanning back again as Aurora, the demure p...
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil review - panto fun is missing in action
The Guardian - 15 Oct 2019 15:00
Angelina Jolie, Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning do their best in second revisionist fairytale, but CGI battles kill the story This sequel has got a great cast. It's not just Angelina Jolie reprising her post-fairytale turn as Maleficent from the 2014 film, the wicked witch from the Sleeping Beauty story who isn't quite as wicked as all that and whose reputed wickedness may simply be a function of patriarchal mythology. There's also the estimable Elle Fanning back again as Aurora, the demure p...
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