Movie review - Maleficent

Maleficent

The cast-

Ø  Maleficent- Angelina Jolie

Ø Princess Aurora- Elle Fanning

Ø Stefan- Sharlto Copley

Ø Diaval- Sam Riley

Running time – 97 minutes

The movie is supposedly about the untold story of Disney’s iconic villain. I have to say my initial thought was Disney please don’t ruin a character in attempt to make more money. The story line is pretty average with the unexpected ending and that’s what makes this movie different from the typical Disney movie and bought it a success. The movie starts with a young beautiful fairy who falls in love with a human boy and later he betrays her and steals her wings in return to be crowned as the king and this turns her into evil and to seek revenge she puts a curse on the kings daughter that she will prick her finger on the day of her 16^th birthday and fall into coma like sleep and can only be woken by the kiss from true love. That’s when the real movie starts and maleficent heart start to warm when she sees aurora growing up and tries to break the curse but of course it can’t be broken.

In all honestly the script itself isn’t all that great but the casts are the ones who bought the story in to life. Of course the leading lady being Angelina Jolie you can only expect the best. Her acting was exceptional! The way she took to the character is just amazing, I love the way they showed her character I mean she is supposed to be this evil fairy but deep inside she still has parts of what used to be her and the way they portray her you see this outer being as very dark, evil and very cold but you can still see this glimpse of something so beautiful in her eyes; there are no words to explain this and you will only understand this if you see the movie.

Elle fanning plays the young princess and it’s my first time seeing her in any movies and she is great at her role with her being so young and having the almost angel type of look she suited her character really well and she shines in few scenes.

All the other characters play very supporting role and they fit perfectly into the scene, especially the role of diaval , he plays the perfect wing man( literally).

Overall I love the characters as well the unexpected ending which is something unheard of in Disney movies and I would highly recommend everyone to watch this from kids to adults.