Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

The writing is not good enough. The visual is amazing and so is the acting, but the script is really bad.

The characters are perfect in terms of acting and emotion. The audience can touch the feelings what the characters are sending through the dialog. The computer graphics and sound are created which incredibly make the audience impressed and happy. Throughout the movie, the didactics are seen through the relationship between Maleficent and Aurora loving as a true love. Overall, the movie is better than expected.

Narong Suwannasaeng Mahasakham University, Thailand

The cinematography was spot on as well as sounds and visual effects. There are also many iconic scenes which are straight out of the original classic animated movie which greatly impressed me. Overall, I enjoyed watching it. It's a fun-to-watch movie. The narrative of the film can easily appeal to the young audience. However, it is best to watch the 2014 Maleficent film before watching this movie so that you will understand its story better.

I honestly don't think the people leaving reviews watched the same movie. First and foremost, it's a kids movie. As far as kids movies go, it's pretty intense. There are some interesting themes that can be difficult to explain or aren't usually explained to children (ie life is not black and white, it's grey), which I was happy to see my daughter's (age 9) reaction to at the appropriate times. This was my favorite AJ movie I've ever seen. I don't remember her having many lines, but you feel her emotions throughout (especially maternal ones). There are definitely some weird story holes...and the ending was a little too "and everyone lived happily ever after". But...it's a kid's movie and that's ok.

This film served as great entertainment with its colorful fantasy scene and numerous gorgeous fairy tale characters. The magnificent fantasy scene and impressive dialogue really held the audience's attention and also a bit comedy between the scene kept them on the edge of their seats. However, For a number of scenes, it needed hard to tell the flashback or more background that had passed since the last time a given character had been on screen e.g. Queen Ingrith abruptly appeared a barbaric villain as its needs to draw their setting much more in order to keep the audiences get into her reason for starting a war.

Despite the film's minor shortcomings, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is exciting, creative, and fancy - and well worth an hour of your time to watch.

Sirichai Saengjan Mahasarakham University, Thailand