Maleficent (film)

Maleficent is a 2014 American fantasy film starring Angelina Jolie as the title character. The film is directed by Robert Stromberg from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton. It also stars Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville in supporting roles. Loosely inspired by Charles Perrault's original fairy tale and Walt Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, the film portrays the story from the perspective of the eponymous antagonist, depicting her conflicted relationship with the princess and king of a corrupt kingdom.[3]

Maleficent
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Stromberg
Produced byJoe Roth
Screenplay byLinda Woolverton
Based on
Starring
Music byJames Newton Howard
CinematographyDean Semler
Edited by
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date
  • May 28, 2014 (2014-05-28) (El Capitan Theatre)
  • May 30, 2014 (2014-05-30) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$180–263 million[2]
Box office$758.5 million[1]

Walt Disney Pictures announced the film's development in 2010, with Joe Roth as producer and Jolie, Don Hahn, and Michael Vieira as executive producers. Principal photography took place between June and October 2012. The film's special screening took place in London on May 9, 2014, at Kensington Palace.[4]

Maleficent premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on May 28, 2014, and was released in the United Kingdom that same day. The film was released in the United States on May 30, 2014 in the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats, as well as in conventional theaters. The film was met with mixed reviews from critics, where it earned praise for its visuals, costumes, musical score, and Jolie's performance, but was criticized for the lack of effort on the screenplay and inconsistent tone. Overall, it was a commercial success, having grossed over $758 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2014 and the highest-grossing film starring Jolie. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design at the 87th Academy Awards. A sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, was released on October 18, 2019.

Plot

Maleficent is a powerful fairy living in the Moors, a magical forest realm bordering a human kingdom. As a young girl, Maleficent meets and falls in love with a human peasant boy named Stefan. On Maleficent's 16th birthday, he gives her what he calls a true love’s kiss, but that was not to be. His love is overshadowed by ambition, and as they grow older, the two grow apart and Maleficent becomes protector of the Moors.

When King Henry tries to conquer the Moors, Maleficent mortally wounds him, forcing his retreat. As he lies dying, he declares that whoever kills Maleficent will be named his successor and marry his daughter. Stefan visits Maleficent in the Moors, and drugs her, but is unable to bring himself to kill her. Instead, he severs her wings using iron, which is lethal to fairies, and presents them to the king. Devastated by Stefan's betrayal, Maleficent turns the Moors into a dark kingdom and transforms a raven named Diaval to serve her.

After some time, Diaval informs Maleficent that King Stefan's newborn daughter, Aurora, is being christened. Vengeful, Maleficent arrives uninvited and curses the infant princess; on her 16th birthday, she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel spindle and fall into a permanent sleep. Maleficent mocks Stefan's plea for mercy, but offers an antidote; the curse can be broken by true love's kiss, which Maleficent and Stefan believe is nonexistent.

Stefan sends Aurora away to live with three pixies — Knotgrass, Thistlewit, and Flittle — to protect her until the day after her 16th birthday. He destroys every spinning wheel in the kingdom and hides their remnants in the castle dungeon. Stefan sends his armies to find and kill Maleficent, but she surrounds the Moors with an impenetrable wall of thorns. In trying to prevent the curse, Stefan slips into madness and paranoia, even neglecting to see his wife on her deathbed.

As the years pass, Maleficent gradually begins to care for the young Aurora when the bumbling and neglectful pixies fail to properly look after her. After briefly meeting Aurora, Maleficent watches over her from afar. When Aurora is 15, she encounters Maleficent. Aware she is being watched over, Aurora believes Maleficent to be her "fairy godmother". Maleficent realizes that she cares for the girl and unsuccessfully attempts to undo the curse, but it is unbreakable other than by true love's kiss. Meanwhile, in the forest, Aurora meets a young prince named Phillip, and the two are attracted to each other.

On the day before Aurora's 16th birthday, Aurora tells Maleficent that she would like to live with her in the Moors. When Aurora returns to the cottage, the pixies inadvertently tell Aurora of her past and Maleficent's true identity. Aurora runs to her father's castle, upset that Maleficent had never told her about the curse.

To protect Aurora, Stefan locks her in a room while plotting to kill Maleficent, but the curse's power draws Aurora to the dungeon. Aurora pricks her finger on a spindle and falls into a deep sleep, fulfilling the curse. Maleficent, intent on saving her, abducts Phillip and infiltrates Stefan's castle. Phillip's kiss fails to awaken Aurora. Finally regretting her past mistakes, Maleficent tearfully apologizes to Aurora and kisses her forehead. Aurora awakens, as Maleficent's motherly feelings for her goddaughter count as true love.

As Maleficent and Aurora attempt to leave, Stefan and his guards ambush them. An iron net is dropped on Maleficent. Maleficent transforms Diaval into a dragon, who battles Stefan's guards, but he is eventually captured, as well. Before Stefan delivers the fatal blow, Aurora finds Maleficent's caged wings and releases them. They fly to Maleficent and reattach themselves. Maleficent carries Stefan to the top of the castle's highest tower, but cannot bring herself to kill him. However, Stefan attacks Maleficent as she turns away, and they both plummet from the tower, entwined. Maleficent opens her wings and Stefan loses his grip, falling to his death.

In the end, Maleficent returns the Moors to its former glory, and Aurora is crowned queen to unite the two kingdoms forever.

Cast
Angelina Jolie, Juno Temple, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley and Sam Riley

Production

Angelina Jolie had been attached to the project since March 2010, when Tim Burton, who had tentatively planned to direct, chose not to pursue it.[9][10] Jolie's desire to play this role stemmed from her love of the character when she was a little girl.[11] Linda Woolverton was commissioned to write the script for the film.[12] On January 6, 2012, Disney announced that Robert Stromberg, the production designer of Alice in Wonderland and Oz the Great and Powerful, would direct the film.[13] Joe Roth, Don Hahn, and Richard D. Zanuck were hired as producers, although Zanuck died later that year.[14] Roth said the film would not have been made if Jolie had not agreed to take the title role: "She seemed like the only person who could play the part. There was no point in making the movie if it wasn't her."[15]

In March 2012, Elle Fanning was reported to be in talks for the role of Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty.[16][17] Her casting was officially announced in May 2012, along with Sharlto Copley as the male lead, King Stefan, Princess Aurora's father, then described as the half-human, half-fairy son of a human king, along with Imelda Staunton; Miranda Richardson as Queen Ulla, then described as a fairy queen who is Maleficent's aunt with a dislike of her niece; Kenneth Cranham as a king; Sam Riley as Diaval, a raven that changes into human form and is Maleficent's right hand; and Lesley Manville.[5]

Director Stromberg highlighted the "wonderful" contrast between the two lead actresses, Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie, calling the character of Aurora the "beacon of light" that he was looking forward to blending with the darkness of Maleficent.[18]

Writing
I was really moved by the script from first reading. It was like uncovering a great mystery. We all know the story of Sleeping Beauty and we all know Maleficent and what happened at the christening because we've all grown up with that. But what we've never known is, what happened before?

—Angelina Jolie[19]

Linda Woolverton's screenplay went through at least 15 versions as the film progressed in the production.[20] Director Robert Stromberg said: "I met many times with Linda Woolverton, the writer. We did lots of roundtable discussions and sort of cut out the fat as much as we could and sort of purified the storyline as much as we could".[21] In some earlier versions of the story, Stefan was the half-human, half-fairy bastard son of King Henry. The version of the screenplay that went into shooting originally included two characters called Queen Ulla and King Kinloch, the fairy queen and the fairy king of the Moors, and the aunt and uncle of Maleficent.[5] Miranda Richardson and Peter Capaldi were cast and shot the Queen Ulla and King Kinloch scenes, but their roles were cut in the editing process together with more than 15 minutes of the first act of the film. Stromberg said: "We spent a bit more time originally in the fairy world before we got into the human side of things ... we wanted to get it [the film] under two hours. So we cut about 15 minutes out of the first act, and then that had to be seamed together with some pretty basic reshoots."[22]

Stromberg later claimed in an interview that he employed an "age-old" emotional storytelling for the film and called it "the biggest thrill" against all technology advances.[18] "And the way we play with that is we have somebody who's perhaps in love but betrayed and doesn't believe that true love exists. So the moral to it is we can all feel dark ourselves but not to lose hope because there is light in places where we might not be expecting", he explained.[18]

Filming

Principal photography began on June 13, 2012.[23] Some filming took place in the Buckinghamshire countryside.

Reshoots

John Lee Hancock assisted Stromberg with reshoots for the film. Hancock, who had just finished overseeing the final postproduction stages of Saving Mr. Banks, was approached by producer Joe Roth, with whom he had worked on Snow White and the Huntsman. Roth said: "He's not directing. He wrote pages, and I hired a first-time director, and it's good to have him on set." Roth was asked why a "film of this magnitude was entrusted to a novice director", and he noted that Stromberg won Academy Awards for production design on Avatar and Alice in Wonderland. Roth said: "The movie is gorgeous to look at, and the last 75 minutes are really entertaining. The issue was the opening, which was reshot over eight days."[24]

Visual effects

As a previous production designer, Stromberg sought to balance the use of practical and computer-generated effects. For example, while Maleficent's horns and facial prosthetics were created by makeup artist Rick Baker, Digital Domain took facial capture of Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, and Juno Temple for the three pixies to be generated with high authenticity with the help of special rigging by Disney Research in Zurich.[18] For the visuals, Stromberg wanted to make it "a bit more grounded" and "not too surreal" because it could be distracting from the simplicity of the story.[18] He also regretted not employing bigger sets and allowing actors to work in a more tangible environment, on "real sets with real lights".[18]

Music
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Filmtracks[25]

James Newton Howard was hired to score the film in October 2012.[26] On January 23, 2014, recording artist Lana Del Rey was announced as covering the song "Once Upon a Dream", from the 1959 film Sleeping Beauty, as the title song for Maleficent. The song "Once Upon a Dream" is based on the Grand Waltz from ballet Sleeping Beauty written by Russian composer Tchaikovsky.[27][28]

The single was released on January 26 and was made available for free for a limited time through Google Play.[29][30]

Track listing

All music is composed by James Newton Howard (tracks 1–22).

Maleficent (original motion-picture soundtrack)
No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Maleficent Suite"  6:38
2."Welcome to the Moors"  1:05
3."Maleficent Flies"  4:39
4."Battle of the Moors"  4:58
5."Three Peasant Women"  1:04
6."Go Away"  2:26
7."Aurora and the Fawn"  2:28
8."The Christening"  5:30
9."Prince Philip"  2:29
10."The Spindle's Power"  4:35
11."You Could Live Here Now"  2:26
12."Path of Destruction"  1:47
13."Aurora in Faerieland"  4:41
14."The Wall Defends Itself"  1:06
15."The Curse Won't Reverse"  1:21
16."Are You Maleficent?"  2:10
17."The Army Dances"  1:28
18."Phillip's Kiss"  2:20
19."The Iron Gauntlet"  1:35
20."True Love's Kiss"  2:33
21."Maleficent Is Captured"  7:42
22."The Queen of Faerieland"  3:25
23."Once Upon a Dream"Jack Lawrence, Sammy FainLana Del Rey3:20
Total length:1:11:46

Release

The film was originally slated for a March 2014 release, before it was changed to July 2, 2014. On September 18, 2013, the film's release date was bumped up from July 2, 2014 to May 30, due to Pixar's The Good Dinosaur having production problems and delays.[31] In the United Kingdom, the film was released on May 28.[32]

Marketing

On August 10, 2013, as part of the live-action motion-picture panel of the 2013 Disney D23 Expo in the Anaheim Convention Center at Anaheim, California, Disney unveiled its first look of Maleficent by revealing the new logo of the film's title and a one-minute clip from the film. Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the expo and talked with the attendees about her fascination with Disney's Sleeping Beauty as a child, her working experience with the filmmakers on the film, and her love of Disney. She also remarked on how she scared little girls when she was in costume, makeup, and acting during shooting; this led to the decision to hire her own daughter, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, for the role of the young Princess Aurora, since she would not be scared of her own mother during principal photography.[33][34]

Walt Disney Pictures released the teaser poster for Maleficent on November 12, 2013, featuring Jolie in costume and makeup, akin to the character's depiction in the original film.[35][36] The first trailer was released the following day, on November 13. The first teaser trailer was attached to Thor: The Dark World, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Frozen, and Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters.[37] Two more trailers were released in January 2014, revealing Maleficent's appearance. A third trailer featured Lana Del Rey singing "Once Upon a Dream".[38] The final trailer was released on March 18, 2014.[39]

Starting April 18, 2014, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney California Adventure previewed the film inside the ABC Sound Studio and It's Tough to Be a Bug! theaters, respectively.[40] Disney Infinity 2.0 featured Maleficent as a playable figure using the look from the movie.

Novel

A tie-in novel was published alongside the movie's release in 2014, written by Elizabeth Rudnick. The novel elaborates on the movie, using a brief prologue detailing Maleficent's birth, early childhood, and parentage. The movie never fully elaborates on how the intense hatred among men and fairfolk during King Henry's reign came to be, a void the novel fills. The novel also features some different versions of key moments in the film, for example, Stefan angrily smothers King Henry on his deathbed after he declares that he is still unfit to rule even after having brought Maleficent's severed wings to him. Later, Stefan forges a royal proclamation declaring himself as the late monarch's chosen successor. Maleficent's encounter with the infant Princess Aurora in the forest also differs from the one in the film, since Aurora does feel afraid of Maleficent after she frightens her away. Some of these ideas had originally been filmed, but were either cut or altered during post-production, while others may have been dramatic license on the part of the author.

Home media

Maleficent was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray, DVD, Blu-ray 3D, and digital download on November 4, 2014.[41] The film topped the home-video sales chart in its first week of release.[42] As of February 2015, Maleficent has made over $74 million in total home-video sales.[43] Maleficent was released on 4K UHD Blu-ray on September 24, 2019.[44]

Reception

Box office

Maleficent earned a gross of $241.4 million in the USA and Canada, and $517.1 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $758.5 million against a budget of $180 million.[1] Calculating in all expenses, Deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a profit of $190.77 million.[45] Worldwide, in its opening weekend, the film earned $175.5 million,[46][47] $9 million of which were from IMAX locations.[48] It is also the biggest debut among films starring Angelina Jolie,[48] and the actress' highest-grossing film of all time worldwide,[49][50] as well as the fourth-highest grossing 2014 film (behind Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and Guardians of the Galaxy), and the 15th Disney-distributed film to surpass the $700 million mark at the worldwide box office.[51] The film is also one of four Walt Disney Studios releases in 2014 to gross over $500 million; the other titles being Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Big Hero 6.[52]

In North America, Maleficent earned $4.2 million in Thursday-night showings, surpassing the midnight or late-night grosses of previous live-action fantasy films, Alice in Wonderland, Oz the Great and Powerful[53][54] and Snow White and the Huntsman. By the end of its opening day (including late-night Thursday earnings), the film earned $24.3 million, similar to Oz, but ahead of Snow White and the Huntsman and behind Alice.[55] Maleficent finished its debut weekend at first place with $69.4 million[46] ($6.7 million of which was earned from IMAX locations and 35% of which was earned from 3D showings),[56][57] which exceeded Disney's expectations of a $60 million opening[58] and making it the largest opening-weekend performance for a live-action film starring Jolie (a record previously held by her 2008 film Wanted),[56] as well as the third-highest opening weekend for a solo female star (behind the first two films in The Hunger Games series).[59] Disney reported that 46% of ticket buyers in Thursday previews were male,[53] while weekend reports said family audiences accounted for 45% of the film's total audience, and couples and teens accounted for 38% and 18%, respectively.[56][58] Female audiences and moviegoers over 25 years old held respective proportions of 60% and 51%.[56] Dave Hollis, head of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, attributed this success to "some momentum and great word-of-mouth."[58] During its first week, the film earned $93.8 million, ahead of Snow White yet behind Oz and Alice.[60] In its second weekend, Maleficent dropped by 50.6% to $34.3 million, finishing in second place.[46] It experienced a smaller second-weekend drop than Snow White,[61][62] yet still bigger than Oz and Alice.[63] In North America, Maleficent is the eighth-highest-grossing 2014 film.[64]

Maleficent opened outside North America on the same weekend as North America, earning $20.1 million from 35 territories in its first two days (May 28–29, 2014).[65] During its opening weekend, the film topped the box office with $106.1 million from 47 territories.[47] Its largest opening weekends were in China ($22.2 million),[66] Mexico ($14.0 million), and Russia and the CIS ($13.0 million).[48] On the second weekend of release, Maleficent fell to $61.7 million, earning from 52 markets.[67][68] It was in first place at the box office outside North America on three weekends, its first, third ($39.2 million)[69][70] and fourth ($47.9 million).[71]

Maleficent is the fourth-highest grossing 2014 film,[72] and Angelina Jolie's highest-grossing live-action film.[49] In total earnings, the film's top markets after North America are Japan ($57.6 million), China ($47.7 million), Mexico ($46.2 million), Russia ($37.7 million), Brazil ($33.2 million), the United Kingdom ($31.7 million), Venezuela ($24.5 million), and Italy ($19.1 million).[73] It was also the most watched film at the Maltese box office in 2014, enjoying an eighteen-week run.[74]

Commercial analysis

Dave Lewis, writing for HitFix, predicted that although Disney fairy tales and Angelina Jolie's performance might attract audiences, Maleficent would not gross even as much as Oz the Great and Powerful, explaining that the film was released on the same time frame with competitive releases such as X-Men: Days of Future Past, Godzilla, and A Million Ways to Die in the West,[75] though it outperformed those films later on. Boxoffice wrote that Maleficent had a successful marketing campaign, featured Jolie in the title role, and its "female-driven" themes and plot aimed at women. However, the site also noted that the film would have to compete with other summer releases, and the character of Maleficent may not attract young children.[76] Todd Cunningham of The Wrap shared the same opinion, writing, "[the film's] connecting with parents and that Jolie's considerable star power is having a big impact."[77][78] Wells Fargo's Marci Ryvicker predicted that Maleficent might be "too dark and scary to be profitable" and was likely to force Disney "into a write-down", as reported by The New York Times; while RBC Capital Markets' David Bank commented that "It's definitely in the 'not a sure thing' bucket."[79][80][81] Wall St. Cheat Sheet explained that the film approached to a more "grown-up" and "sinister" aspect of the classic, and targeted for an older audience like young adults. "It's just too scary for younger children," the site wrote.[82] ScreenRant added that the PG rating of the film would "fill a void in the marketplace, which is currently without a traditional "family friendly" option."[83] Box Office Mojo primarily compared the film with 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman (another film that also focused on a fairy tale villain), predicting that Maleficent "has a good chance" of matching Snow White's gross in North America box office.[84] The film, however, ended up grossing double the amount projected.

Variety wrote that the film's opening weekend outperforming initial box-office projections was later attributed by analysts in part to Disney's successful marketing to the "potent demographic" (female audiences) much like the studio accomplished with Frozen, in which both films feature a strong female lead.[85] Disney argued that a lack of family-friendly options in the marketplace would "bode well for Maleficent's [box-office] performance" in its two first weeks of release.[85]

The cost of the film was offset by a rebate from the UK in the amount of £23,535,108 ($37 million in 2012, the period in which it was shot).[86]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 54% based on 266 reviews, with an average rating of 5.73/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Angelina Jolie's magnetic performance outshines Maleficent's dazzling special effects; unfortunately, the movie around them fails to justify all that impressive effort."[87] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[88] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an "A" grade on a scale of A+ to F.[89][90]

The New York Times stated, "with two shorn wings and an astonishing maternal kiss, Maleficent demolishes stereotypes that were only tweaked in Frozen."[91] Kate Taylor of The Globe and Mail was very positive about the film, writing that "[it] surprises not for its baroque visions of a colourful woodland enlivened by joyous fairies and a forbidding castle peopled by unhappy humans, but rather for the thematic richness of its story gloriously personified by Angelina Jolie in the title role." While criticizing the overuse of CGI and 3D effects, she particularly praised the positive message of the film and Jolie's performance. She concluded her review with, "Long live the feminist revisionist backstory."[92] On the contrary, Keith Staskiewicz, writing for the Entertainment Weekly, awarded the film a "B-" and wrote that "there's a lot of levitating cliffs and odd flora. But despite their bleeding-edge digital design, the backgrounds have all the depth of the old matte-painted backgrounds of the analog days," which made the film "[feel] classical in nature." He further commented that "The characters are boiled down to their essentials, the humor is timelessly broad."[93] Michael Philips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two and a half stars, commenting that the recent "formula" that "a new angle on a well-known fairy tale appears in the light" "works" with Maleficent. He also said that the film "is all about second thoughts", as Maleficent "spends much of the film as Aurora's conflicted fairy godmother." Phillips particularly praised Jolie and Elle Fanning's acting, Rick Baker's makeup (for Jolie's "angular, serrated look"), but criticized James Newton Howard's "sloshy, pushy" musical score.[94] Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph wrote, "This Disney reimagining of Sleeping Beauty lacks true enchantment, but Angelina Jolie saves the day."[95] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review, writing "This is Jolie's film because of the Maleficent she makes. Everyone else, even Aurora, fades in her presence."[96] J.C. Maçek III of PopMatters wrote, "Even at its silliest, Maleficent is a well-acted film, with Sharlto Copley turning in a memorable performance and Elle Fanning proving to be an inspired choice for Aurora/Sleeping Beauty. Jolie manages to steal her own show in most every scene. Jolie is excellent as the hopeful fairy, enjoying the world she flies through. She is also brilliant as the Dark Lady, who could be a perfect counterpart to any Darth Vader, as she malevolently takes her revenge on those who have wronged her."[97]

Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post awarded the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, commenting, "Still, for all its limitations, Maleficent manages to be improbably entertaining to watch, due solely to its title character."[98] Writing for Roger Ebert's website, Matt Zoller Seitz awarded Maleficent three out of four stars, praising the themes of the film and the acting of Jolie. Seitz also called the scene in which Maleficent discovers the loss of her wings "the most traumatizing image I've seen in a Hollywood fairy tale since the Christ-like sacrifice of Aslan in 2005's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."[99] The review in The Globe and Mail further explained that "in the simple context of a fairy tale, Jolie does make both the terrifying horned creature and her gradual awakening heartfelt," extolling the "emotional richness" behind her physical acts.[92] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times felt more negatively, assigning it a D. Although Roeper praised the visuals, he criticized the acting and writing, stating that "the story itself might well put you into the same type of coma that befalls the heroine."[100] However, some such as Stella Morabito of The Federalist, criticized the film for its negative portrayal of men. According to Morabito, "Maleficent lacks a single complex male character". Morabito also criticized the film for portraying Maleficent as a hero.[101]

Mary Costa, who voiced Aurora in the 1959 animated motion picture, called the film, "a very good movie". She added that "the concept and perspective are totally different than the original film's, which makes it new and interesting." As for Jolie's performance, she said, "No one could have played the part of Maleficent better," concluding that "she was absolutely magnificent!"[102]

Accolades
List of awards and nominations
Award / Film Festival Category Recipient(s) Result
87th Academy Awards[103] Best Costume Design Anna B. Sheppard Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association[104] Best Costume Design Anna B. Sheppard
Best Hair & Makeup
Heartland Film Festival[105] Truly Moving Picture Award Robert Stromberg Won
Hollywood Film Awards[106] Hollywood Production Design Dylan Cole and Gary Freeman
Hollywood Music in Media Awards Original Score - SI-FI/Fantasy Film James Newton Howard Nominated
Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards[107] Favorite movie
People's Choice Awards Favorite Movie Won
Favorite Family Movie
Favorite Movie Actress Angelina Jolie Nominated
Favorite Action Movie Actress
Phoenix Film Critics Society[108] Best Live Action Family Film
Best Costume Design Anna B. Sheppard
Satellite Awards Best Costume Design Anna B. Sheppard
Best Art Direction & Production Design Dylan Cole, Frank Walsh, Gary Freeman
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Action
Choice Movie Actress: Action Angelina Jolie
Elle Fanning
45th Annual British Academy Children's Awards[109] BAFTA Kid's Vote - Film in 2014
Children's Feature Film
Saturn Award[110] Best Fantasy Film
Best Actress Angelina Jolie
Best Performance by a Younger Actor Elle Fanning
Best Costume Anna B. Sheppard
Kids' Choice Award Favorite Movie
Favorite Actress Angelina Jolie
Favorite Villain Angelina Jolie Won
Favorite Actress Elle Fanning Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards (VES Awards)[111] Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Carey Villegas, Barrie Hemsley, Adam Valdez, Kelly Port, Michael Dawson
Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture Darren Hendler, Matthias Wittmann, Jeremy Buttell, Elliot Rosenstein
Hollywood Post Alliance Awards (HPA Awards)[112] Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film Carey Villegas, Adam Valdez, Seth Maury, Kevin Hahn, David Seager // MPC

Themes

Rape allegory

Multiple reviewers and commentators have opined that an early scene in the movie, in which Stefan drugs Maleficent and removes her wings from her unconscious body, is a metaphor for rape. Hayley Krischner of The Huffington Post interpreted the scene as an important reference to rape culture: "This is the horrific side of rape culture. We're so enmeshed in it that it's impossible to ignore a metaphoric rape that occurs in a Disney movie". She went on to praise the film for giving a positive and hopeful message to rape victims, ultimately allowing "the woman to recover. It gives her agency. It gives her power. It allows her to reclaim the story".[113] Monika Bartyzel of The Week noted the scene's implications in her review: "In its first act, Maleficent offers a dark, surprisingly adult exploration of rape and female mutilation".

However, Bartyzel went on to opine that the film portrayed Maleficent's actions as "a rape revenge fantasy" and criticized the film for not following through on its early subtext, ultimately calling it less feminist and reductive compared to its 1959 counterpart: "In Maleficent, Aurora is the product of a cold and loveless marriage and a vengeful, unhinged rapist. Her safety relies on a trio of clueless and dangerously careless fairies, and her Godmother is the woman who cursed her—and who had, in turn, been violated by her own father".[114]

Angelina Jolie addressed the issue during an interview with BBC Radio 4 on the Woman's Hour programme and claimed that the subtext was intentional: "The question was asked: 'What could make a woman become so dark and lose all sense of her maternity, her womanhood, and her softness?' ... We were very conscious, the writer and I, that [the scene] was a metaphor for rape". She further explained that the answer to the question "What could bring her back?" was still "an extreme Disney, fun version [of the story]", but "at the core it is abuse, and how the abused then have a choice of abusing others or overcoming and remaining loving, open people".[115][116]

Capitalism and socialism

Jordan Shapiro of Forbes argued that the film's main subtext was the detrimental effects of ultimata between capitalist and socialist societies. He pointed out that the Moors represented a socialist, nature-oriented, democratic society, while the human kingdom was one of capitalism, industry, and absolute monarchy. Shapiro further commented that the character of Stefan, his theft of the Moors' riches (the jewel), and his mutilation of Maleficent's wings for the sake of his ambition were references to the American Dream.

He conceived the wing-tearing scene as "a social commentary that any hierarchical rise to power inherently happens through the exploitation of others", explaining that it was the reason why "without her wings, Maleficent also becomes an oppressive ruler of the Moors. Everything she represents, believes, and stands for has been grounded", and "like most victims of oppression", "she takes it out on those who are smaller and weaker". He concluded that through the merge of the two kingdoms at the end of the film, it sought to weave together capitalism and socialism and let go oppositions: "It is time to leave the kingdom of familiar partisan oppositions: let's replace either/or with neither/nor or both/and".[117]

Sequel
Main article: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

On June 3, 2014, Angelina Jolie hinted about the possibility of a sequel.[118] On June 15, 2015, Disney announced the sequel with Linda Woolverton returning to write the screenplay and Joe Roth to produce the film.[119] On April 26, 2016, it was confirmed that Jolie would reprise her role as Maleficent.[120] On August 30, 2017, Disney hired screenwriter Jez Butterworth to rewrite the initial script by Woolverton.[121] On October 3, 2017, it was reported that Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) is in talks on directing the sequel.[122]

In January 2018, the sequel was reported to start filming in spring 2018,[123] and that Patrick Tatopoulos has joined the crew as production designer.[124] In April 2018, Ed Skrein was announced to play the film's villain, and that Elle Fanning was set to reprise her role as Aurora.[125]

On April 27, 2018, it was reported that Michelle Pfeiffer was in advanced talks to play a queen in the sequel, while the script's most recent draft was written by Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue.[126] On May 2, 2018, it was reported that Harris Dickinson had joined the cast as Prince Phillip, replacing Brenton Thwaites, who was unable to reprise the role due to scheduling conflicts.[127] On May 4, 2018, it was announced that Chiwetel Ejiofor (who previously worked with Jolie in Salt), was in talks to join the cast of the sequel as a potential love interest to Maleficent.[128] On May 17, 2018, Jenn Murray was announced to join the cast.[129]

On May 23, 2018, David Gyasi was reported as joining the cast in an unspecified role.[130] On May 29, the movie officially started filming as the cast and synopsis were revealed.[131]

Principal photography concluded on August 24, 2018.[132] The film was released on October 18, 2019.[133]

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