The Unnecessary review of Maleficent

Release Date: May 29, 2014 (3D/2D theaters, p.m. screenings)
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Robert Stromberg
Screenwriter: Linda Woolverton
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG (for sequences of fantasy action and violence, including frightening images)
Official Website: Disney.com |

Plot Summary: From Disney comes "Maleficent"?the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic "Sleeping Beauty." A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal?an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom?and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness as well.